Chicago
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Chicago receives $12.5M for Midway Airport improvements
Sep 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is receiving more than $12.5 million in federal grants for improvements at Midway International Airport. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and...
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In Chicago, can art unite a deeply divided neighborhood?
Sep 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Charlie Branda is not an artist. When she opened an art studio on a stretch of asphalt known as Sedgwick Street, the 53-year-old mom and former commercial...
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Bears Nagy, Trubisky vow to remain confident, aggressiveSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - It's often a split-second decision for a quarterback, whether to go for the big play or the safe play, and it can be quite a conundrum. Most quarterbacks have some gunsl...
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Priest who burned rainbow flag is in hiding
Sep 26, 2018 1:00 am - The Catholic priest removed from an Avondale church last weekend after burning an LGBTQ-friendly flag said in an interview published Wednesday that he has gone into hidi...
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Public hearings set on Chicago police reforms
Sep 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Two public hearings have been announced for late October, at which people can comment on a proposed consent decree that will govern reforms of the Chicago Police Departm...
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Racial slurs hurled in bleacher brawl at Wrigley on Hispanic Heritage Night
Sep 25, 2018 11:00 pm - An ugly fight in the Wrigley Field bleachers in which a fan hurled racial slurs unfolded after Hispanic Heritage Night at the Cubs game on Monday night, according to vid...
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Wilson accuses opponent of 'stealing credit' for bail reform
Sep 25, 2018 11:00 pm - County Board President-turned-mayoral challenger Toni Preckwinkle was accused Tuesday of "arrogantly stealing credit" for a bail reform campaign championed by millionair...
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New block of 'Hamilton' tickets go on sale MondaySep 25, 2018 11:00 pm - A new block of "Hamilton" tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, that will presumably keep the hit Chicago production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer Prize-...
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The Latest: Animation shown at Chicago officer's trial
Sep 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on testimony in the murder trial of a white Chicago police officer who fatally shot a black teenager (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Prosecutors a...
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Chicago Archdiocese to merge parishes, close school, church
Sep 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Archdiocese of Chicago is closing one school and one church and merging parishes to help address financial issues and an expected priest shortage. The...