Chicago
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Chicago White Sox sign catcher Castillo to 2-year dealDec 01, 2017 12:01 am - At first glance, Welington Castillo and the Chicago White Sox seem like an awkward fit. Castillo is a 30-year-old catcher and the Sox are a team one full year into a reb...
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Chicago Bears' Trubisky embracing leadership roleDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - Although he's just a 23-year-old rookie, Mitch Trubisky realizes that, as the Bears' quarterback, there's a leadership role that comes along with the job, especially aft...
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Another close call, but Chicago Bulls lose to KingsDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - Losing by 1 point on consecutive nights provides plenty of fodder for regret. One example for the Bulls against Sacramento on Friday came when they needed a defensive st...
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Chicago Bears' Acho, McPhee stepping up for defenseDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - With starting outside linebacker Leonard Floyd (knee) on injured reserve, Sam Acho and Pernell McPhee were on the field last week more than usual for the short-handed de...
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U of I expands guaranteed admission with City Colleges
Nov 30, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Illinois has expanded its guaranteed admission program with City Colleges of Chicago . U of I President Tim Killeen announced Thursday t...
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Transgender student sues Illinois district over locker room
Nov 30, 2017 6:00 am - PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago school district that was the focus of a federal complaint over a transgender student's use of a girls' locker room was sued Thur...
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Chicago to form legal unit to sue corporations
Nov 30, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is planning to create a legal team dedicated to suing corporations and other organizations that it believes violate the law, a move th...
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Video contradicts Chicago officers' accounts of shooting
Nov 30, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Court records show that two Chicago police officers have changed their accounts of a fatal 2014 shooting after viewing a surveillance video that showed th...
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Chicago man accused of fatally shooting woman, dumping body
Nov 30, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man is being held without bond in the 2016 fatal shooting of a woman whose body was dumped in the city's Englewood neighborhood. Cook County pro...
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Judge sets hearing in East Chicago cleanup intervention case
Nov 30, 2017 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A group of East Chicago residents seeking a role in negotiations over plans to cleanup lead and arsenic in their neighborhood will get their da...