Melrose Park man found guilty of drug-induced homicide in Naperville man's...
A DuPage County jury on Thursday evening found a former Melrose Park man guilty of selling heroin that led to the overdose death of a Naperville man, according to prosecutors. After deliberating just...
View ArticleRunning backs are coveted once more and Saquon Barkley's stock is soaring
The recent success of Todd Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott and Leonard Fournette have made it fashionable once more for an NFL team to use a lofty draft pick on a running back. Saquon Barkley can be thankful...
View ArticleWhat it really means to 'dress like a woman'— it ain't always pearls
“Dress Like a Woman: Working Women and What They Wore” (Abrams) is a fascinating look at women’s business attire over the last century — and a welcome reminder that women didn’t “enter” the workforce...
View ArticleAre Nationals waiting for Jake Arrieta's contract demands to fall before...
We've reached March. Teams across the majors are at least a week into their spring training exhibition slate. This is supposed to be a time to focus on what's on the field, not on free-agent...
View ArticleLake Zurich's Hunter Hughes takes road less traveled to be Hawaii QB
Hunter Hughes' short biography on his Instagram page includes a simple mantra: "Live a life that demands an explanation." Hughes is 26 years old, and his life story requires plenty of explaining. How,...
View ArticleStatewide West Virginia teacher strike enters day 7 without classes
Many West Virginia public school students were at loose ends again Friday, with their classrooms closed for a seventh straight class day as teachers fought for pay raises. The state Senate 's...
View ArticleSEC dropped inquiry a month after Kushner company got $180 million loan on...
The Securities and Exchange Commission late last year dropped its inquiry into a financial company that a month earlier had given White House adviser Jared Kushner's family real estate firm a $180...
View ArticleChicago woman stole more than $2,000 in goods from Victoria's Secret in...
A Chicago woman has been charged with stealing more than $2,000 in merchandise from Victoria’s Secret in Bloomingdale, DuPage County prosecutors said. Latasha Garrett, 25, of the 1600 block of East...
View ArticleFor Loyola, all Alfredrick Hughes wants is a shot (naturally)
Perspective greets sales consultant Alfredrick Hughes every day he walks into his office at Homewood Chevrolet. Framed pictures of his son, Alan, in an Army uniform, and Hughes’ wife, Michelle, sit on...
View ArticlePop-up bars and empowering products: Chicago businesses celebrate National...
Women had their day in 1975, when International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time by the United Nations. For American women, that day expanded to a week in 1980, when then-President Jimmy...
View ArticleHas Mueller finally set his sights on Trump?
Special counsel Robert Mueller is significantly turning up the heat on President Trump. While the president once again attacks his own attorney general and declares himself the victim of a "witch...
View ArticleDistrict 64 board endorses plan to hire additional special education...
The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education has endorsed a plan to hire an additional elementary school special education coordinator. District 64 officials told the board that the...
View ArticleDelta, entangled in NRA controversy, will end discounts for 'politically...
Caught in a maelstrom over his company's decision to cut ties with the National Rifle Association, Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian said Friday that his intention had been to "remain...
View ArticleBill Murray, Jeff Garlin, Charlie Sheen headline Anthony Rizzo Foundation's...
Anthony Rizzo and his foundation have teamed up with Fanatics to raise money for victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., by auctioning sports memorabilia,...
View ArticleChicago's best fried foods: chicken, shrimp, fries and more
The Tribune's Food & Dining team is on the hunt for Chicago's best fried food. Why? Why not, we ask. From shatteringly crisp chicken (everyone's favorite) to crunchy, plump curlicues of shrimp,...
View ArticleChicago fills 108,000 potholes this year in 'normal' season, but one crater...
Chicago crews have filled 108,000 potholes and counting this year. Both city and state officials say this is a normal pothole season so far because it’s been a typical cold winter, compared with the...
View ArticleExtremists stage deadly attacks in Burkina Faso capital
Islamic extremists opened fire on the French Embassy and army headquarters in separate attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Friday, killing at least seven soldiers, while eight of the militants were...
View ArticleSheriff's deputies told to form perimeter instead of confronting Florida...
A sheriff's office captain told deputies to form a perimeter instead of confronting the gunman at a Florida high school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting, according to documents obtained...
View Article'We hate to cut teachers': Warren Township High School staff reductions...
Facing a $3.1 million projected deficit and continued declining enrollment, Warren Township High School District 121 is set to lay off three teachers and one librarian this summer, its superintendent...
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