Chicago
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Program aims to help Chicago manufacturers find successors
Jan 18, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago nonprofit is leading an effort to match retiring manufacturers whose families aren't interested in continuing the business with entrepreneurs wh...
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Key players in trial of Chicago cop who killed black teen
Jan 18, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A look at some of the key players in the murder trial of Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who was convicted of second-degree murder in Oct...
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A timeline of the Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald
Jan 18, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan sentenced former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke on Friday to six years and nine months in prison in the 2014 shoo...
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Suburban Chicago officer who fatally shot bouncer identified
Jan 18, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago police chief has identified the officer who fatally shot a security guard outside the bar where he worked. Midlothian Police Chief Dani...
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Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for killing black teenager Laquan McDonald
Jan 18, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for killing black teenager Laquan McDonald. ...
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Bears hire DB coach Townsend to replace DonatellJan 18, 2019 12:00 am - Thirteen-year NFL veteran cornerback Deshea Townsend is replacing departed Ed Donatell as the Bears' defensive backs coach. Townsend inherits from Donatell a talented gr...
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Jason Van Dyke sentenced to nearly 7 years for killing Laquan McDonald
Jan 18, 2019 12:00 am - The white Chicago officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, ending an explosive case that arose from a graph...
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2001 murder case against Chicago man dropped by prosecutors
Jan 17, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County prosecutors have vacated the murder conviction of a Chicago man and dropped all charges against him after he spent nearly 16 years in prison. ...
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Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of Laquan McDonald cover-up
Jan 17, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, dismissing as just one perspective the sh...
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Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of trying to cover up the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald
Jan 17, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of trying to cover up the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. ...