2 adults, 4 children dead after fire engulfs home in Ogle County near Dixon
Four children and two adults from the same family died in a house fire early Tuesday in rural northern Illinois, according to the local sheriff. Authorities received a 911 call just after midnight...
View ArticleAre the Bears putting more faith in GM Ryan Pace than he deserves?
At 4:31 p.m. Friday, the Bears issued a news release announcing a major, 162,000-square-foot addition to Halas Hall they boasted will “completely transform” the football operations side of the...
View ArticleRemembering everyone who ever shared your Thanksgiving feast
Imagine the Thanksgiving table of your life. It’s a long table, populated by all the people who have ever sat down with you at a Thanksgiving meal. It’s a heavy table, groaning with every great and...
View ArticleCook County Board approves budget with 321 layoffs
Six weeks after repealing the controversial soda tax, the Cook County Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a scaled-back $5.2 billion budget for next year that will lay off 321 employees....
View ArticleFact check: Trump and accusations of sexual misconduct
"Women are very special. I think it's a very special time, a lot of things are coming out and I think that's good for our society and I think it's very, very good for women and I'm very happy a lot of...
View ArticleRobinson: Congress should investigate Trump's alleged sexual misconduct
Powerful men with long histories of alleged sexual harassment or assault are finally being held accountable — except one. That would be President Trump. From movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to television...
View ArticleNaperville man charged with child porn possession, distribution
A Naperville man has been arrested on charges that he possessed and distributed child pornography, police said. Joseph Lureau, 34, was booked into the Will County jail on four counts of felony child...
View ArticleThere is something very strange about the GOP tax plan
Here's one way to tell whether a tax code rewrite is headed in the right direction: Corporate lobbyists should be whining that their private breaks are getting squeezed too hard, and economists should...
View ArticleDeal off for former Cosmopolitan Marketplace in Aurora
Aurora Packing Co. will not move into the former Cosmopolitan Marketplace building on the far West Side of Aurora. Aurora Ald. Carl Franco, 5th Ward, said this week the company, which had a contract...
View ArticleNaperville City Council wants 'teeth' in new pet protection ordinance
Naperville's newly proposed pet protections ordinance has bark but no bite, officials said. After lengthy discussion Tuesday night, Naperville City Council members directed staff to come back with...
View ArticleCity revokes Bottled Blonde liquor license; owners appeal
The city has revoked the liquor license of the River North establishment Bottled Blonde, though it can keep serving alcohol as an appeal plays out. After a protracted hearing process, city...
View ArticleNiles District 219 board orders ex-president to 'respect' school community in...
Niles Township High School District 219 board member Mark Sproat has been sent a "letter of directive" by the board president in the wake of an investigation over several complaints of unethical...
View ArticleNo sweat: Blackhawks' top line unconcerned over lack of goals
The Blackhawks have had a scoring resurgence lately as parts of their team that weren’t producing before, such as the power play and center Artem Anisimov, are now. But as the Hawks saw their scoring...
View ArticleTrump's name is coming off his SoHo hotel as politics weigh on president's brand
President Donald Trump's company has agreed to remove the Trump name from its hotel in Lower Manhattan and give up management of the property, the most visible sign yet of the toll his presidency has...
View ArticleRanking female operative in Mexican drug cartel appears in Chicago court
One of the highest ranking female operatives under infamous Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, just extradited from Mexico, appeared in a Chicago courtroom Wednesday to face sweeping...
View ArticleA Valpo student had a stroke while driving. Now she feels ‘confident’ on the...
Samantha "Sammy" Constantine is being assessed at an outpatient rehab clinic in Valparaiso. "Are you grumpy, Sammy?" teases her mom, Monica Constantine. "No," Sammy says, as her mom interjects. "Her...
View ArticleOn Thanksgiving eve, CTA serves up budget — including 25-cent fare hike
As many Chicagoans were traveling or baking pies in preparation for Thanksgiving and the long holiday weekend, city officials announced a proposal to raise CTA bus and train fares by 25 cents next...
View ArticleWere skulls switched on Field Museum's man-eating lions? Scientists using...
Mike Paha is the guy assigned to go into the enclosure with the man-eating lions. For the job, he pulls on white booties, like a cable TV installer. The big cats, of course, are dead. Paha does not...
View ArticleSentencing pushed back for Aurora shop owner who sold synthetic marijuana to...
An Aurora shop owner who sold a teen synthetic marijuana hours before his death now won't be sentenced until the new year. Cigar Box owner Ruby Mohsin and employee Mohammad Khan both pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleAlshon Jeffery fell into Eagles' lap, now maybe they ride his Super Bowl...
In terms of misguided predictions, Bears wide receivers have had some recent doozies. Before the start of the 2014 season, Brandon Marshall predicted Jay Cutler was headed for an MVP year. The front...
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