Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago officers choose department critic to lead unionMay 09, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Rank-and-file Chicago police officers have chosen a veteran cop who's a longtime critic of the department's top brass as the new leader of their police un...
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Chicago mayor sets five-phase plan for reopening cityMay 08, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday released the city's five-step path toward re-opening, which includes some stricter standards than the state plan re...
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Virus-hit Chicago jail runs out of home confinement gearMay 08, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The effort to reduce the population at Cook County Jail to slow the spread of the coronavirus hit another snag when the sheriff announced that he has run ...
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Pitchfork cancels three-day music festivalMay 06, 2020 11:00 am - Wednesday morning, organizers for the Pitchfork Music Festival pulled the plug on this year's edition of the three-day fest because of concerns about coronavirus. "It c...
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Suburban Chicago duo charged in starving deaths of 2 dogsMay 06, 2020 7:00 am - NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man and woman face felony cruelty to animals charges for allegedly starving two of their dogs to death and dumping one of the ...
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Convicted former Chicago schools chief leaves prisonMay 06, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has left a federal prison where she was serving a sentence after pleading guilty in a multi-million...
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'Secret Chicago' author to discuss unique Chicago sites during online book chat WednesdayMay 04, 2020 6:00 am - Can a Cleveland transplant teach Chicagoans about surprising aspects of the Windy City? Writer and photographer Jessica Mlinaric thinks so with her new book “Secret Chic...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Arnold Palmer, Bears training camp, Mustang Ranch fire and moreMay 04, 2020 5:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Arnold Palmer, Bears training camp, the Chicago Cubs, Mustang Ranch fire, and more in the latest "Through the Film Magnifier" gallery....
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Mask stolen from lion statue outside Chicago's Art InstituteMay 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Somebody apparently needed a really big protective mask. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a mask adorning one of the iconic lion statues near the Michi...
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Long-secret phone bill in Koschman case reveals early calls to Mayor Daley's brotherMay 02, 2020 1:00 am - Sixteen years after then-Mayor Richard M. Daley's nephew Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko threw a punch that cost Mount Prospect resident David Koschman his life, newly release...