Chicago
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CPS board approves budget, bonds and $2.5M on Claypool's consultants
Oct 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Chicago's Board of Education approved an amended operating budget on Wednesday that sends $38 million more to the city's charter schools, up to $1.1 billion in bonds and...
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With 4-0 loss, Chicago Fire flames out of playoffsOct 25, 2017 3:01 pm - It was fun while it lasted. Unfortunately for the Chicago Fire, the New York Red Bulls took all the fun out of Wednesday night's MLS playoff game in a hurry, scoring twi...
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Bulls' Markkanen tried to keep level head against LeBron JamesOct 25, 2017 10:55 am - LeBron James talked at length about Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen following Tuesday's game in Cleveland. James mentioned that he stayed up late a few times to watch Markk...
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Chicago priest blessed hotel floor after Las Vegas massacre
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago priest active in a hotel workers union blessed the Las Vegas hotel room where a sniper fired shots at attendees of a music festival. The Rev. Cl...
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Illinois attorney general sues gas company over leak
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - MAHOMET, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' attorney general is suing a Chicago gas company over an underground natural-gas leak that has affected water wells in the central part of ...
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Man accused of stabbing woman as her 13-year-old watched
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - First-degree murder and aggravated battery charges have been filed against a suburban Chicago man accused of fatally stabbing an ex-girlfriend as her 13-y...
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Providence Biltmore sold to Chicago-based company
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Chicago-based hospitality company says it has purchased the Providence Biltmore Hotel for an undisclosed price. In an announcement Monday, Adve...
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Chicago school board approves $5.6 billion budget
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Board of Education has approved a $5.6 billion budget that includes roughly $225 million in tax hikes and authorization of more than $1 billio...
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Why Chargers Inman upgrades Bears' talent at wide receiverOct 25, 2017 1:00 am - The Bears made a move to upgrade their depleted wide receiver group by trading a 2018 seventh-round pick to the Los Angeles Chargers for Dontrelle Inman. The 6-foot-3, ...
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Chicago Bears QB Mitch Trubisky: My confidence is fineOct 25, 2017 1:00 am - Anyone worried that Mitch Trubisky's confidence might have taken a hit because he was allowed to throw just 7 passes last week and 16 the week before can relax. “My conf...