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...
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Delany has giraffe's vision to help businesses with their strategyMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - If some job changes had not taken place, John Delany of Inverness would never have started Giraffe Strategy Consulting for Business, a Barrington consulting firm. He wa...
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Synagogue hate crime suspect an educated, suburban accountant
Mar 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Stuart Wright has two tattoos. On his left arm is the phrase "Jesus Is Love," according to police. On his right shoulder, a swastika. Wright, 31, was charged with a hate...
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Chicago almost goes full week without fatal shooting
Mar 05, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago nearly went a full week without a fatal shooting. The Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune reported the city had passed such a milestone on S...
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Chicago Bears don't have to look for for D-line helpMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS - The Chicago Bears don't have to use the third overall pick in the NFL draft on Alabama stud Jonathan Allen, as many analysts are predicting, to upgrade th...
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Cubs' nonroster invitees still chasing their baseball dreamsMar 04, 2017 9:00 am - They come to spring training with the odds against them, especially on a team as stacked as the Chicago Cubs. Some are on the wrong side of age 30, but they come for lo...