Chicago
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Chicago mom charged after 5-year-old daughter shoots herself
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police say a 5-year-old Chicago girl is in serious condition after she shot herself in the abdomen with a handgun that she found in her mother's purse. Po...
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Chicago colleges to host 1st federal cybersecurity training
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the federal Department of Defense hope a new program will turn the city into a place where college students can learn how t...
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Archdiocese renames, redesigns its newspaperJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - New World Publications of the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Wednesday it is redesigning and renaming its English-language newspaper. The Catholic New World will now c...
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Raines, Bagwell, Rodriguez elected to baseball's Hall of FameJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - The year was 1994, and it was my first season covering the Chicago White Sox for the Daily Herald. I remember two things about that spring training, way back when the So...
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How White Sox pitching prospect Kopech hit 110 mph in drillJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - New Chicago White Sox pitching prospect Michael Kopech is lighting up radar guns again and attracting more attention in the process. On Tuesday, Kopech was clocked at 11...
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Chicago cop charged with murder in fatal shooting of unarmed man
Jan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - A veteran Chicago Police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on the Northwest Side earlier this year has been charged with first-degree murder, court records show. L...
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Mirotic returns, but Gibson joins Chicago Bulls' injured listJan 17, 2017 9:55 am - The Chicago Bulls were on track to be back at full strength Tuesday, but just as Nikola Mirotic returned from an illness, Taj Gibson was sidelined by left-ankle soreness...
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Chicago Bulls lose track of shooter, lose game to DallasJan 17, 2017 9:55 am - The stage was set for another Jimmy Butler game-winner, but an old friend had other ideas. Dallas' Wes Matthews, a teammate of Butler's for one year at Marquette, knocke...
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Rauner recommends Vallas for Chicago State trustees chairman
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday that he wants former political rival and veteran school administrator Paul Vallas to be chairman of Chicago State Universit...
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Long-serving Chicago Fire Department chaplain to retire
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Fire Department's chaplain plans to retire this year after three decades presiding over wakes, weddings and baptisms for firefighters and thei...