Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III carried on Lake County family's tradition of politicsSep 07, 2021 1:00 am - He came within nearly 5,000 votes of being governor of Illinois. But four years later, he bolted the Democratic ticket to run as a third-party candidate after voters sad...
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Late Amboy Dukes singer John Drake shared spotlight with Ted NugentSep 06, 2021 1:00 am - Before he retired, John Drake had been selling automobile parts to repair shops for years. But he never stopped singing, not since the 1960s, when he had a hit with the ...
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Effort under way to free Oswego man convicted of killing wife, 3 kidsSep 06, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly nine years after a judge handed four life terms to an Oswego man for the murders of his wife and three children, an effort is underway to free the person convicte...
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Chicago Teachers Union says there are gaps in COVID-19 safety protocolsSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - With the first week of the fall term more than half over, the Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday accused Chicago Public Schools of "duct-taping" together COVID-19 safety...
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Feds say Elk Grove Village man admitted breaching Capitol, expressed regretSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man was charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, a decision he later described to an FBI agent as his "biggest mistak...
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Oak Lawn woman misspelled 'Moderna' on fake COVID-19 vaccine card to get into Hawaii: authoritiesSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - Authorities say a southwest suburban woman used a phony COVID-19 vaccination card that misspelled “Moderna” to get into Hawaii for a vacation last week without quarantin...
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Chicago Pride Parade canceled due to COVID-19Sep 01, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 has claimed Chicago's Pride Parade yet again. Organizers on Wednesday announced the Boystown celebration has been canceled for a second straight year as the cit...
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Former CEO of Schaumburg firm becomes first Illinoisan to plead guilty in U.S. Capitol breachAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - The former CEO of a Schaumburg tech firm tossed a chair toward U.S. Capitol police officers who were "dozens of feet away" and had to be dragged behind a police line to ...
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Ebertfest film festival postponed to April 2022Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The annual Ebertfest film festival slated for next month in downstate Champaign has been postponed to 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 across the state. The announcemen...
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Lawsuit alleges Abbott wrongly fired Black woman, promoted white menAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - An attorney for a former worker for Abbott Laboratories on Tuesday argued in a federal trial that the pharmaceutical giant specifically targeted Black workers in a layof...