Michigan teacher fired for discussing domestic abuse donates lawsuit...
A fifth-grade teacher who won a lawsuit against a Michigan school donated her $30,000 settlement to A Safe Place, Lake County's nonprofit domestic violence prevention and treatment organization....
View ArticleNorthwestern swatting hoax targeted law student and her boyfriend, police say
A Northwestern student and her boyfriend were the target of a false 911 call made to Evanston police Wednesday, police said Thursday. Around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, a man called police and claimed to be...
View ArticlePolice: Hobart store owner charged with sex crimes
A Hobart game store owner is facing charges after reportedly molesting a teenage girl, police said. David E. Jackson III, 37, was charged with child molesting and sexual misconduct with a minor, both...
View ArticleThe Irish were the original bad hombres
Around this time of year, I remember to pour myself a wee bit of whiskey, listen to "Danny Boy" and pay my respects to one of my favorite tribes of rowdies and rogues. They were the O.B.H. The...
View ArticleFlawed assessments under Assessor Berrios caused $2 billion shift in Chicago...
In the first effort to measure the cost of Cook County’s error-ridden assessment system under Assessor Joseph Berrios, a new study estimates that at least $2.2 billion in property taxes was shifted...
View ArticleA new chapter in the never-ending Toy Story
Toy stores are wondrous places for 8-year-olds and for the inner 8-year-old running amok in almost all of us. In some warehouse stores — like Toys R Us — shelves burst with shiny new baubles that...
View ArticleRead: University of Chicago study on tax assessments from 2011 to 2015
Tax Shifting Due to Regressive Assessments: An Analysis of Chicago, 2011 to 2015 (PDF) Tax Shifting Due to Regressive Assessments: An Analysis of Chicago, 2011 to 2015 (Text)
View ArticleMan who said he disposed of Natalee Holloway's remains is killed by a woman...
Last year, John Ludwick claimed in a documentary that he helped dispose of the remains of Natalee Ann Holloway, an American teen whose 2005 disappearance in the Caribbean had become the subject of a...
View ArticleState's attorney investigating 'inappropriate behavior' between East Aurora...
An investigation is underway into an allegation of inappropriate behavior between an East Aurora School District 131 staff member and a student, district officials said in a statement. The Kane County...
View ArticleJury says Zion cop did not use excessive force in fatal shooting of Justus...
A jury sided with a Zion police officer Thursday, rejecting claims he used excessive force and doctored the scene in the shooting death of a teenager nearly three years ago. Jurors also found that the...
View ArticleSeveral reported dead in Florida pedestrian bridge collapse
A new 950-ton pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami-Dade county collapsed Thursday afternoon, killing an unknown number of people. “There are several fatalities,” said Florida...
View ArticlePrivate equity firm takes majority stake in True Value hardware co-op
A Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm has agreed to take a majority stake in Chicago-based True Value Co. that would shift the hardware retailer away from its cooperative roots. The agreement...
View ArticleEmanuel's $8.5B O'Hare plan advances after late deal with American
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to spend $8.5 billion upgrading O’Hare International Airport sailed through its first City Council test Thursday, soon after American Airlines agreed to a late-night deal to...
View ArticleMichael Kopech and Brielle Biermann drama plays out on social media
In drama befitting reality TV, it appears White Sox top pitching prospect Michael Kopech’s relationship status changes minute by minute. Citing multiple unnamed sources, US Weekly reported Kopech and...
View ArticleU.K. investigates death of Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov as homicide
British police said Friday they have launched a murder investigation into the death of London-based Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov after an autopsy revealed that he died from compression to the...
View ArticleDemocrats running for Roskam's seat put a big focus on health care
Most of the leading Democrats in the crowded field running to take on veteran Republican lawmaker Peter Roskam of Wheaton have made personal health crises central to their campaigns, seizing his...
View ArticleBlack man beaten in Charlottesville found not guilty of assaulting white...
A black man brutally beaten at last year's white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia - and who was later charged with assaulting a white nationalist - was acquitted...
View ArticleRyan Pace's 12 most significant wide receiver moves as Bears GM
Bears general manager Ryan Pace is in his fourth offseason of refurbishing the roster and attempting to lift the organization out of its last-place doldrums. Pace’s biggest splash this week was the...
View ArticleNorthwestern students support national walkout: 'We can't let our country be...
Hundreds of Northwestern University students streamed into Deering Meadow on the university campus Wednesday, joining the national wave of school walkouts as young people around the country called...
View ArticleEvangelical support for Trump isn't hypocritical
As I read Rex Huppke’s column about President Donald Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels, I was left wondering if Huppke personally knows any serious, theologically orthodox evangelical Christians....
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