Articles filed under Chicago
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Swastika sent to phones of students at Chicago-area schoolNov 09, 2018 6:00 am - OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) - Some students at a suburban Chicago high school received an image of a swastika on their smartphones days after racist graffiti was found scrawled ...
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Theater events: Danai Gurira's family comedy “Familiar” opens at SteppenwolfNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Theatreworks USA returns to the McAninch Arts Center with its 60-minute, family-friendly production of the musical “Pete the Cat,” based on the children's series by Jam...
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Willie Wilson vows to re-open some of 50 schools Emanuel closedNov 08, 2018 10:00 pm - Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson vowed Friday to reopen at least some of the 50 schools closed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and blamed the record closings for the steady decline...
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$150,000 reward offered in 2 recent Chicago slayingsNov 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police are hoping an offer of the largest reward in Chicago history will help them find whoever is responsible for the recent slayings of two men. ...
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US finds closed Chicago bank involved in massive fraudNov 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago bank that federal regulators shut down last year had been involved in an $82.6 million fraud scheme. An audit by the U.S. Treasury Department's ...
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Ex-Mexican officer-turned-cartel mole sentenced in ChicagoNov 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago handed a more than three-year prison sentence Thursday to a former Mexican intelligence-unit commander on charges he divulged A...
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Metra back to normal after morning mini-meltdownNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Metra trains were back to normal for the Thursday afternoon rush after a significant hiccup in the morning. For a short period, trains could not enter or exit Union Stat...
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Four charged with robbing shoppers at YorktownNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Charges have been filed against four Chicago men accused of stealing personal items Wednesday afternoon from two victims outside Lombard's Yorktown Center. Each defenda...
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Man pleads guilty to drug charges after Hoffman Estates traffic stopNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - A Chicago man found with 41 plastic bags of suspected cocaine in his possession when Hoffman Estates police stopped him for a traffic violation last January pleaded guil...
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Preckwinkle now says she heard 'rumor' about former top aide months earlierNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Kicking off her run for Chicago mayor on Sept. 20, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle fielded troubling questions about the forced resignation of her chief of ...