Steve Nedzel, 1979-2011
The band at Lincoln-Way West High School marched Monday without director Steve Nedzel, the first time a rehearsal has taken place without...
Get the full story >>One death might save lives
The number posted on fliers at drug treatment centers isn't for a typical hotline.
Get the full story >>Electrical power being restored, but slowly
Electricity continued to be a precious commodity for thousands of Chicago-area residents still without power Wednesday as a result of...
Get the full story >>2 tornadoes sneaked in with heavy storm
The line of mighty storms that blew through the Chicago area Tuesday evening unleashed heavy rain, thunder and lightning, fierce winds and...
Get the full story >>CPS chief Brizard gets a contract — unlike predecessors — and a raise
The Chicago Public Schools board on Wednesday gave the district's newest steward, Jean-Claude Brizard, what none of his recent...
Get the full story >>Murder trial begins in stabbing of Logan Square street artist
Three years after well-known street artist Brendan Scanlon was stabbed to death in a brawl in the Logan Square neighborhood, some of his...
Get the full story >>Chicago to host NATO, G-8 next year
Chicago will play host to world leaders next spring during NATO and G-8 summits, giving Mayor Rahm Emanuel an opportunity to shine in the...
Get the full story >>Towns feuding over water
Niles officials claim that the village of Glenview owes them nearly $700,000 in unpaid water bills and are now suing their neighbor to the...
Get the full story >>Kendall, DeKalb counties join Kane County's effort to combat elder abuse
The suspicious death of an elderly Kane County woman about six years ago sparked the creation of a countywide task force to review...
Get the full story >>Toddler safe after falling from 4th-floor window in Arlington Heights
A toddler who fell from a fourth-floor window in Arlington Heights emerged without any external injuries, police said.
Get the full story >>Conceal-and-carry? I prefer reveal-and-carry
Illinois may indeed lead the nation when it comes to political corruption, but we're doing lousy in protecting the right of law-abiding...
Get the full story >>All eyes turn to Illinois for next gun battle
With Wisconsin poised to allow people to carry concealed weapons in public, gun advocates have made Illinois — the last holdout &#...
Get the full story >>Lawmakers vote to cut their pay again
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers voted to continue taking a pay cut Wednesday, but not before a handful of senators complained about...
Get the full story >>New DNA test puts Waukegan murder conviction under scrutiny
Lake County prosecutors needed to provide little physical evidence to convince a jury that James L. Edwards was guilty of the heinous 1994...
Get the full story >>Major bridge project in Englewood gets final OK
Construction could start this summer on a system of rail bridges on Chicago's South Side designed to unplug a major bottleneck that causes...
Get the full story >>Downers Grove to publicize correspondence between council members and staff
To bring greater transparency to village government in Downers Grove, records of correspondences between council commissioners and village...
Get the full story >>Employee accuses circuit court of anti-Muslim harassment
A former child care attendant for the Cook County Circuit Court has sued the court, its chief judge and her former supervisor for...
Get the full story >>Metra puts on-time reports on website
Prompted by a Tribune analysis of Metra's on-time performance, the commuter rail agency for the first time has begun posting detailed...
Get the full story >>Drug ring busted after undercover sting
A Chicago police officer's undercover operation to infiltrate a drug-trafficking organization helped lead to a yearlong investigation that...
Get the full story >>Dog paddle gets canines back in the swim
As a rehabilitative therapist, Holli Berger is practiced in the art of patience, helping ease her clients into a warm pool and working...
Get the full story >>Developers eye apartments for Oak Park tower
Developers of a proposed 20-story building in Oak Park want the project to house rental units instead of condominiums or hotel rooms,...
Get the full story >>Priest pleads not guilty to helping imprisoned hit man
A Roman Catholic priest pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges he tried to help Outfit hit man Frank Calabrese Sr. spirit a...
Get the full story >>Doubts cast on drug testing for city workers
Chicago aldermen are balking at a proposal to impose random drug tests on all city employees as the American Civil Liberties Union raises...
Get the full story >>There aren't alcohol wipes big enough for the Taste of Chicago
The real Chicagoland food taste festival — the one in which I will spend hours slowly roasting several delicious whole pigs over coals...
Get the full story >>The remnants of Riverview
When Russ Hencinski looks out of his classroom window at Lane Tech High School, the science and astronomy teacher sees a strip mall with a...
Get the full story >>Biden tells epilepsy group: A cure is 'just around the corner'
While talking Tuesday night about the tragic loss of his first wife and daughter, Vice President Joe Biden assured supporters of Citizens...
Get the full story >>Emanuel backs waiver letting school executive live in Winnetka
While most Chicago Public Schools employees are required to live in the city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has endorsed the new chief administrative...
Get the full story >>Storms hit Chicagoland with rain, wind, funnel clouds
A powerful series of storms cut through the Chicago area from southwest to northeast Tuesday evening, bringing funnel clouds and wind...
Get the full story >>Mayor Rahm Emanuel re-evaluates take-home cars for city employees
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is shutting down the city's shared car lease program and planning to ask thousands of city employees...
Get the full story >>Illiana Expressway: Public hearing opens for long-planned highway between Illinois and Indiana
The first of many public hearings for what promises to be a years-long process to plan the Illiana Expressway drew scores of interested...
Get the full story >>A timeline of events in Marquette assault cases
Key dates in two cases of alleged sexual assault at Marquette University:
Get the full story >>Distraught over dog's illness, Gurnee teen dies in crash
Taylor Stinchcomb's parents offered her a choice on her 13th birthday. They would lease a horse for her to ride or allow her to bring home a...
Get the full story >>Carpentersville newspaper controversy was a big misunderstanding
After the village of Carpentersville passed a resolution making English the town's official language, Chris Krug, who thought the law was...
Get the full story >>Personal financial woes on file for Cook County recorder
The Cook County politician in charge of keeping records of federal income tax liens and mortgage foreclosure notifications now finds himself...
Get the full story >>Al-Qaida operative invested with Chicago brokerage house in 2005
A key al-Qaida member who had access to Osama bin Laden and allegedly financed terrorism invested millions of dollars with a Chicago futures...
Get the full story >>William A. Barnett, 1916-2011
William A. Barnett, 94, a respected Chicago attorney who played a lead role in several high-profile cases that included the 1980 tax-fraud...
Get the full story >>Making the grade — in life — despite long odds
In a public school system where almost half the students don't graduate, Shannon Hastings could have been just another dropout.
Get the full story >>Naperville residents complain of noise from Show-Me's restaurant
Naperville Mayor George Pradel has found himself at the center of many of the skirmishes involving a restaurant that some feared would...
Get the full story >>Cases shed light on lapses in sexual assault reporting at Marquette
MILWAUKEE — On a chilly Sunday morning, a 19-year-old Marquette University student walked into the campus security office and...
Get the full story >>2 men struck and killed by Metra train near Cicero
Authorities on Tuesday were trying to determine what two men were doing on railroad tracks near the Chicago-Cicero border late Monday...
Get the full story >>Man denies racial slur, but offers to plead guilty to hate crime
A Darien man tried to plead guilty in court Tuesday to hate-crime and aggravated battery charges but denied accusations he used a racial...
Get the full story >>Oak Park board OKs beekeeping
 The honey will soon be flowing in Oak Park after the Village Board gave initial approval to allow beekeeping.
Get the full story >>Ald. Ed Burke can keep police detail, Chicago's top cop Garry McCarthy says
New Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign trail idea of taking away Ald. Ed Burke's security detail to put a few more Chicago police officers on the...
Get the full story >>Signs of progress sought as emerald ash borer plague keeps spreading
The emerald ash borer beetle has been confirmed in 22 additional suburban communities this spring as the battle against the exotic tree-...
Get the full story >>Improvements to Lake Shore Drive could make next blizzard less of a meltdown
City leaders are looking at adding more access points for emergency vehicles, rerouting CTA buses in severe weather and installing more...
Get the full story >>Christian broadcaster sued in child-sex case
An international Christian radio and television network based in West Frankfort in southern Illinois and the brother of the network's...
Get the full story >>Elderly Cicero woman taken from home filled with cats
A woman in her late 70s was removed from her Cicero home Monday after firefighters discovered more than 70 cats — including a dozen...
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