Chicago
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Projecting where Illini defensive players could be draftedMar 07, 2017 12:00 am - Although Lovie Smith's initial Illinois team struggled through a disappointing 3-9 season in 2016, four players from the defensive front seven got invitations to the NFL...
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CTA plans 70th anniversary bash
Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Transit Authority is making plans for its 70th birthday. The authority is marking its October anniversary throughout 2017. Festivities will in...
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Hearing to be held on constitutionality of Gliniewicz charge
Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A judge has ordered an April 12 hearing on the constitutionality of charges filed against the widow of a suburban Chicago police officer who killed...
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Man sought in strangulation death of Chicago-area lawyer
Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - Police say they are searching for a man who's been charged with the strangulation death of a lawyer in his suburban Chicago office three months a...
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Authorities remove 9 unattended children from Chicago home
Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say nine children who were left unattended in a dirty Chicago home have been taken to a hospital to be evaluated as a precaution. The Chicago ...
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Latest: Rapper gives $1M to Chicago schools, blasts governor
Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on Chance the Rapper and education funding for Chicago Public Schools (all times local): 3:40 p.m. Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper is c...
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Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago schools, blasts governor
Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chance the Rapper's unusual intervention into Chicago Public Schools' funding crisis took an even more curious turn Monday when the Grammy-winner presente...
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From waitress to 'Hedwig': Chicago actress makes quite a move up the acting ladderMar 06, 2017 5:00 am - Former Chicago actress Hannah Corneau can't wait to return to the Windy City in the hit 1998 adults-only rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” It's Corneau's first m...
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Free agency Step 1 for Chicago BearsMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - Officially, NFL free agency doesn't begin until 3 p.m. Thursday, but many of the marquee names in this year's crop essentially will be off the market before then. The NF...
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Hoffman Estates grad impresses at NFL CombineMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - Players like Drake tight end Eric Saubert, who compete at smaller FCS schools, always face skepticism as NFL prospects because of the lower level of competition they fac...