Articles filed under Chicago
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The Bears have lost six straight games. But there are positive numbers out thereDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - For the second time in three years, the Bears are on a six-game losing streak. It's their fourth such losing streak in the past decade. Twice in the last decade they als...
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Man pleads guilty to trying to set movie theater on fireNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - A man who tried to set an Oak Brook movie theater auditorium on fire has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 15 years in prison. David Ferguson, 33, of Chicago pleaded ...
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Tim Degnan, former state senator and Daley adviser, dies at 82Nov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Tim Degnan, a former state senator and longtime top adviser to former Mayor Richard M. Daley, died last week at his home in Oak Brook. He was 82. In a 1995 Sun-Times pro...
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Indicted Chicago Alderman Edward Burke won't run againNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - An extraordinary era in Chicago politics ended quietly on Monday - and not in the way the city council dean once predicted. Indicted Alderman Edward Burke chose not to s...
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Lightfoot files paperwork to run for reelectionNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - After turning in her nominating petitions Monday morning - a stack of signatures nearly half as tall as she is - Mayor Lori Lightfoot flexed a bit as she explained her d...
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2 killed, 10 injured in 8-vehicle crash on South SideNov 23, 2022 12:00 am - Two people were killed and 10 others injured in an eight-vehicle crash Wednesday on Chicago's South Side. About 5 p.m., firefighters responded to 87th Street and Cottage...
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Chicago-area sisters sentenced for joining Jan. 6 riotNov 22, 2022 12:00 am - Two Chicago-area sisters were each sentenced to 30 months of probation Tuesday after pleading guilty to joining the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors had aske...
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Even after progress, Bears' passing attack still has a long way to goNov 22, 2022 12:00 am - The Bears might finally have run their quarterback into the ground. We'll learn more about the status of his ailing left shoulder later this week. Justin Fields is a r...
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Cartel-linked drug trafficker who operated suburban warehouses gets 30-year sentenceNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - An international drug trafficker who operated out of warehouses in Arlington Heights, Naperville, Plainfield and other locations has been sentenced to 30 years in federa...
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Ex-DePaul student gets 7½ years for trying to help Islamic State with computer programNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - An unusual terrorism case in Chicago came to a close Thursday when a federal judge handed a 7½-year prison sentence to a former DePaul University student from Park Ridge...