Chicago
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Man gets 25 years in beating death on Chicago train platform
Mar 17, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man convicted for the second time in the 2013 beating death of a stranger on a Chicago Transit Authority train platform has been sentenced to 25 years i...
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Gas giveaway causes blocks-long traffic jams
Mar 17, 2022 1:00 am - The gas station shimmered up ahead, like an oasis for the woman's thirsty vehicle - a tantalizing half-dozen car lengths away. She'd been waiting for 2½ hours Thursday m...
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Feder: WGN legend Merri Dee dies at 85Mar 17, 2022 1:00 am - Merri Dee is being remembered as an inspirational and groundbreaking broadcaster whose name was synonymous with "Chicago's Very Own" WGN-Channel 9 for generations, Rober...
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Allen Robinson to sign with Rams, per reports
Mar 17, 2022 1:00 am - Allen Robinson is moving on. The former Bears receiver is signing a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams, according to multiple reports. ESPN and the NFL Networ...
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Chicago Cubs owners launching bid to buy EPL club Chelsea
Mar 16, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The owners of the Chicago Cubs said Wednesday that they will make a bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea. The Ricketts family went public with its intere...
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Best Bets: 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' premieres at Lyric Opera of ChicagoMar 16, 2022 6:00 am - Operatic memoir After winning loads of critical and audience acclaim in New York and St. Louis, the 2019 opera "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" makes its Windy City debut. Com...
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Who is available to help bolster Bears special teams lineup?
Mar 16, 2022 1:00 am - Clubs rarely shop for special teamers other than return specialists, place-kickers and punters in free agency and not only will 2022 be no exception, the options in thos...
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Broadcasting legend Merri Dee dies at 85
Mar 16, 2022 1:00 am - Merri Dee, a fixture on Chicago TV screens for decades as a reporter and anchor for WGN-TV, has died at 85, the news station reported Wednesday. A trailblazing broadcas...
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Call it what you want, but Bears clearly undertaking a rebuild
Mar 16, 2022 1:00 am - To date, Bears general manager Ryan Poles has refused to use the word rebuild. He's been clear in describing his style as focused, organized, steady, patient, etc. Pole...
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Court orders Smollett's release from jail during appeal
Mar 16, 2022 1:00 am - Jussie Smollett was ordered released from jail Wednesday by an appeals court that agreed with his lawyers that he should be released pending the appeal of his conviction...