Emanuel's 2018 budget approved; cost of phone fees and ride-share trips to rise
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2018 budget was approved overwhelmingly by the Chicago City Council on Tuesday, setting the stage for tax and fee hikes next year on telephone service, ride-share trips and...
View ArticlePolice study video footage in Palos Heights fatal shooting
Investigators Tuesday were poring over video surveillance camera footage for possible leads in the Monday fatal shooting of a Palos Heights man. Police were studying video taken by cameras outside...
View ArticleCubs opener to kick off 2018 MLB season
The Cubs will bat leadoff in the 2018 season when they face the Marlins at 11:30 a.m. March 29 at Marlins Park in Miami. March 29 ties the Cubs’ earliest season opener. The Cubs opened the 2000 season...
View ArticleFCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers...
Federal officials took aim at a signature Obama-era regulation Tuesday, unveiling a plan that would give internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers...
View ArticleWaukegan man claims CVS employee stole $1 million instant-winner lottery ticket
A Waukegan man claims in a lawsuit filed last week that a CVS employee stole his winning $1 million Illinois Lottery scratch-off card. Carlos Figueroa claims in the suit filed in Cook County Circuit...
View Article9 reasons not to be thankful for the GOP’s tax plans
Let us pause, as we prepare to consider gratefully the blessings and bounties of life, to review what’s to dislike and fear about the various Republican plans to reshape the tax system. 9. They’re...
View ArticleWhite Sox's Eloy Jimenez says he'll 'force the issue' of when he reaches majors
Eloy Jimenez is ticketed to start the 2018 season with Double-A Birmingham unless the soon-to-be 21-year-old displays enough talent and maturity to sway the White Sox into making a big-league...
View Article'Suspicious injuries' involved in death of 7-week-old in Round Lake Park:...
Investigators are questioning numerous people in a criminal investigation into a 7-week-old baby girl who died Monday in Round Lake Park after suffering "suspicious injuries." "We are interviewing the...
View ArticlePolice: Disorderly conduct charge for OPRF student who brought toy gun to school
An Oak Park and River Forest High School student is facing disciplinary charges after allegedly bringing a toy gun to school Tuesday morning, school and Oak Park police officials said.According to an...
View ArticleCharlie Rose, the time for honoring yourself is at an end
Creepy old Charlie Rose has been fired, another in what appears now to be a never-ending line of older, more powerful men sexually harassing young women. Rose, famed but now terminated PBS and CBS...
View ArticleNHL history shows if you're not in position by Thanksgiving, you may go...
Here's the thing about the American Thanksgiving, as those watching NHL standings across hockey-mad Canada say: Our national holiday tells everyone which teams will make the Stanley Cup playoffs, or...
View ArticlePatients' rights at issue in case of ex-nurse accused of taking sexual images...
Trying to balance the right to a fair trial with patient privacy concerns, a DuPage County judge Tuesday set stringent rules for handling video evidence in the case of a former nurse charged with...
View ArticleTrump all but endorses GOP's Moore despite sex accusations
Silent for more than a week, President Donald Trump all but endorsed embattled Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore on Tuesday, discounting the sexual assault allegations against him and...
View ArticleBraves lose 13 international players in MLB sanctions
The Braves lost 13 prospects and former general manager John Coppolella was banned for life by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for circumventing international signing rules from 2015-17. Former...
View ArticlePolice: No charges will be filed in Walmart homicide
Despite the medical examiner's determination that a struggle with Walmart security guards caused his death, Chicago police said they've closed their investigation into a summer death and won't file...
View ArticleMore remains belonging to Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger, military says
Partial remains of Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson were found about five weeks after he was killed in an ambush in Niger last month, the Pentagon said Tuesday, raising more questions about the operation...
View ArticleHappy tweetsgiving! The best tweets once again square off in the only Twitter...
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View ArticleJoe Morgan's Hall of Fame request is a little late
Joe Morgan was preaching to the choir Tuesday morning when he e-mailed me his plea to keep PED users out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Even though I agree with Morgan, the vice-chairman of the Hall,...
View ArticleWill Dish-CBS fee spat affect Cowboys-Chargers on Thanksgiving and...
Chicago-area Dish Network subscribers looking for the Cowboys and Chargers on Thanksgiving, Saturday’s Auburn-Alabama Iron Bowl game or even the Bears-49ers matchup a week from Sunday may be in for an...
View Article'We will not be silenced:' Palos Township meeting unravels after activists...
Palos Township officials halted Monday's board meeting prematurely and called police after a group of activists strode to the front of the packed boardroom and confronted trustees seated behind the...
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