A Chicago attorney representing family members of Harith Augustus, a local barber fatally shot by Chicago police, released a statement saying they are deeply distraught by what happened.
“We acknowledge the emotions felt and expressed by so many in our community who witnessed the last seconds of...
A Chicago community activist is facing misdemeanor charges after authorities said he scuffled with officers during a protest of a fatal police shooting in the South Shore neighborhood.
Jedidiah Brown was arrested Thursday evening near the scene of last weekend's shooting at 71st Street and Jeffery...
The ball left Mitch Trubisky’s hand Saturday and sailed toward the left flat, where running back Jordan Howard had released as a checkdown option.
Instead of leading Howard, though, the pass was high and behind him. Not ideally located for a running back who has the NFL’s highest drop rate over...
Chicago police are scanning the lakefront and other areas of the city for missing Special Olympics athlete Rezwanul Haque, who has autism and does not speak English.
Haque, 22, remained missing as of Saturday afternoon, and his disappearance was classified by police as a high-risk missing person.
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The Bears offense, that complex machine coach Matt Nagy is constructing over the next seven weeks, slowly began to chug in the rain at Friday’s first training camp practice and continued to gain steam Saturday.
There’s a handful of shiny new parts that somehow must fit together and function.
There’s...
At a truck stop in South Holland, Ill., a man looked at Dana Rose Gropp and asked, “What’s a pretty thing like you doing here?”
Gropp, who’s been hauling loads for 13 years, replied, “I’m paying on my mortgage.”
The man’s compliment made her day, possibly her week. She’ll never forget it.
The 35-year-old...
John Cynn developed a passion for poker as a junior at Glenbrook North, where he began playing the game with friends. In his early days, the buy-in was $10-20.
Five years ago, Cynn quit his job as an information technology analyst in Los Angeles to become a professional poker player.
Now, he is...
Cubs manager Joe Maddon spread the work as Kris Bryant and Addison Russell were out of the starting lineup for the first game of Saturday’s split doubleheader against the Cardinals at Wrigley Field.
“I didn’t want to wear (Bryant) out,” Maddon said of his third baseman, who returned July 11 after...
A Kane County corrections officer was accused of sexually assaulting an inmate, officials said.
John H. Johnson, 52, of Elgin, was charged with sexual assault, custodial sexual misconduct and official misconduct, officials said.
Johnson, who also is a Elgin library security guard, turned himself...
If the Cubs prayed for rain, give them credit. It actually worked.
Nothing else they tried Friday did.
You know it’s a rough day when pinch-hitter Tommy La Stella is summoned as a pinch-pitcher, inserted in the sixth inning to save the bullpen with his mid-70s cheese. And when catcher Victor Caratini...
After firing manager Mike Matheny and replacing him with Mike Shildt, Cardinals President John Mozeliak knows the spotlight now is pointed directly at him.
With the July 31 trading deadline closing in, the pressure is on Mozeliak to get his team back in contention or face the consequences.
“I’ve...
