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Cardinal Blase Cupich is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a priest, Aug. 15, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrates 50 years as a priest. ‘Every day was an opportunity to live out my priesthood.’

August 15, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.

The archbishop of Chicago will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination with a golden jubilee Mass Saturday at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

Schaumburg police investigate the crime scene outside the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg where Christine Moyer, 45 of Galena, Ohio, was allegedly shot and killed by her father-in-law Roland Schmidt, 76, of Stillman Valley, Illinois, following a wedding at the hotel on July, 25, 2025. (Scott Lasker/Network Video Productions)

Former local writer fatally shot after Schaumburg wedding remembered as ‘defender of those who had no voice’

August 2, 2025 at 1:35 p.m.

Christine S. Moyer, 45, of Galena, Ohio was a longtime public relations official for Abbott and a former reporter for the Aurora Beacon-News, Elgin Courier-News and other newspapers.

Adrienne White-Faines will become president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois in September. (American College of Physicians)

Planned Parenthood of Illinois names new CEO as it faces loss of Medicaid funds

July 23, 2025 at 5:13 p.m.

Adrienne White-Faines will be the new president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois starting in early September. Most recently, she’s worked as chief strategy officer for the American College...

Philip Odango, left, and David Charles attend an LGBTQ outreach mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on July 13, 2025, in Chicago. The Mass was organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ outreach ministry, AGLO Chicago.(Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Will Pope Leo forge greater LGBTQ+ inclusion? Chicago-area Catholics pray for ‘reconciliation rather than division.’

July 20, 2025 at 2:10 p.m.

A July 13 Mass was organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ outreach ministry, AGLO Chicago, with special prayers dedicated to family members, friends and allies of the queer...

Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle scrubs in to a surgical abortion at Equity Clinic on May 21, 2023, in Champaign. (Shanna Madison/baiduhai)

State fines, reprimands Champaign abortion doctor accused of leaving half a fetus inside Indiana patient

July 8, 2025 at 11:37 a.m.

Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle was among a wave of new abortion providers who came to Illinois after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Now he has been reprimanded by the state.

Christopher Colwell, left, becomes emotional and hugs his grandparents, Maggie Reister and Tom Walters of Valparasio, after being moved by an interfaith service, June 8, 2025, during Northwest Indiana Pridefest at Riverview Park in Lake Station. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

A more defensive Pride: Activists say celebrations are more critical as US, conservative states such as Indiana rescind LGBTQ protections

June 30, 2025 at 10:55 a.m.

While Pride events in the past were largely celebrated of the rights LGBTQ folks had secured, organizers say the focus is now on girding freedoms that are being rolled back.

Lisa Fleischmann heads into the McHenry County Government Center on June 24, 2025, in Woodstock. Facing eviction in her Huntley store, she agreed to move out of the building as part of a settlement agreement with the landlord filed in McHenry County Circuit Court. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Trump Truth Store owner agrees to vacate Huntley building amid eviction threats — but hopes to soon reopen in a larger location

June 25, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

Trump Truth Store owner Lisa Fleischmann faced eviction, in part, because of a 6-foot Donald Trump inflatable. Now she hopes to find a new location in a different town.

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