Articles filed under Chicago
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City treasurer defends decision to hire private security at public expenseNov 25, 2019 10:00 pm - City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin on Monday defended her decision to hire private security - at taxpayers' expense - to replace a police bodyguard detail stripped aw...
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Activist Chicago priest, George Clements, dead at age 87Nov 25, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. George Clements, the Chicago priest whose civil rights and social justice activism led to a television movie about his career, died Monday at the...
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How a struggling Chicago neighborhood made its way backNov 25, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Many know the violent repute of parts of this city, the shootings, gangs, forgotten main streets and residential blocks plagued with boarded-up houses and...
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Family wants to know if Des Plaines, Chicago police were culpable in shooting of boyNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - The family of the 15-year-old Chicago boy shot by a Des Plaines police officer pursuing a bank robbery suspect last week wants the Des Plaines and Chicago police departm...
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Man charged in murder of Naperville Central grad at UICNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - The murder of a University of Illinois Chicago freshman over the weekend has devastated her family and friends, who remember her as "the sweetest person" with the "brigh...
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Seven businesses earn BBB Torch AwardsNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - Four suburb-based businesses were among seven companies that received the 2019 BBB Torch Awards for Marketplace trust, excellence and ethics from the Better Business Bur...
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Baird & Warner website earns honorsNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Baird & Warner's website, BairdWarner.com, has been named "Best Community" website in the national 2019 REALTrends website Rankings and "BestBrokerage website"...
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'Perfect Storm' hitting Rogers Park lakefront beachesNov 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Lazy ripples rolled across the lake in front of Barbara Westfield's condominium, with only the distant smudge of a passing motorboat disturbing the quiet. A heap of sand...
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Nurses, University of Chicago hospital reach agreementNov 23, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A planned one-day strike by some 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center has been called off after their union reached an agreement with ...
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Chicago man charged in robbery that led to deadly shootoutNov 22, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal authorities have charged an alleged getaway driver in an armed bank robbery that ended with a shootout in Chicago that left the gunman dead and a ...