Chicago
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North: Will the 2016 Cubs follow the path of 1985 Bears?Jun 16, 2017 5:00 am - With the Chicago Cubs consistently hovering around .500 as we head toward the All-Star Game break, I have a comparison and a question. Is there a good chance that the 20...
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Cubs place Zobrist on 10-day DL with sore wrist
Jun 16, 2017 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - Before their game Friday against the Pirates, the Cubs put switch-hitting Ben Zobrist on the 10-day disabled list because of a sore left wrist and recalled ...
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Two girls shot at Chicago school picnic
Jun 16, 2017 1:00 am - Khia Shanks, an eighth-grader who graduated Thursday, was making water balloons for the big water-balloon fight - a normal occurrence at end-of-year school picnics acros...
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'King & I' tour resplendent with strong cast, sumptuous designsJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - Can too much of "The King and I" in Chicago be a bad thing? A little over a year after the Lyric Opera of Chicago imported an acclaimed 2014 production from Paris, Rodg...
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Blackhawks hire Samuelsson, Granato as assistantsJun 15, 2017 7:47 am - Just days after the Blackhawks' season ended in April at the hands of the Nashville Predators, general manager Stan Bowman decided to fire assistant coach Mike Kitchen, ...
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YouTube star charged with child porn ordered to stay offline
Jun 15, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago federal judge has freed a YouTube singer with millions of teenage followers as he awaits trial on two counts of producing child pornography for ...
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As Bears finish OTAs, Fox says competition is best he's seenJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - Coach John Fox characterized the competition in the Bears' just-completed off-season program as the best in his three years at the helm, and he anticipates that trend co...
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Steve R. Rebora dies; carpet seller returned to art in retirement
Jun 14, 2017 11:00 pm - In the decades he spent selling carpet, Steve Rebora would tell customers about colors, floor plans, price per square foot, and the merits of a tight weave. But on weeke...
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Imrem: Could Dennis Rodman be peace's last chance?Jun 14, 2017 5:00 pm - Current events render nonsense more sensible than common sense. Which, of course, gets us to former Chicago Bulls eccentric Dennis Rodman's latest trip to North Korea. (...
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Rapper Chief Keef free after South Dakota marijuana charge
Jun 14, 2017 7:00 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Chicago rapper Chief Keef has been released from a jail in South Dakota where he was charged with marijuana possession. The rapper, whose legal ...