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The roof of Shrine of Christ the King church, seen here on Jan. 6, 2015, was destroyed by fire in October.

Parishioners, community members scramble to save historic Woodlawn church

May 22, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

Woodlawn community members are hustling to save their historic Catholic church after the Archdiocese of Chicago announced its intention to demolish it. Members of Shrine of Christ the King church...

The sun sets over the Ferris wheel on a cool afternoon Nov. 24, 2010.

Navy Pier to shut down for 2 days to install new Ferris wheel

August 23, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

Navy Pier will shut down for two days next week as crews bring the new Ferris wheel on site to begin construction. The tourist attraction will be closed to the...

Website purporting to be for Wheaton mosque promotes Islamist agenda

May 22, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

Law enforcement officials are trying to determine who's behind a website that promotes violence while using the name and close facsimile of the logo of a west suburban Islamic organization....

Chicago police work the scene of a robbery at a liquor store in the 1300 block of West 87th Street on Jan. 9, 2016.

Cops: Liquor store clerk fatally shoots 2 would-be robbers, 15 and 17

May 22, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

Two would-be robbers who were fatally shot at a liquor store in the Gresham neighborhood Saturday night have been identified as a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy, authorities said....

Murder convict charged in connection with body found in suitcase

May 22, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

A 53-year-old man has been charged in connection with the discovery of a woman's body in a suitcase in the Roseland neighborhood just after Christmas. Arthur Cain, of the 300...

Protesters listen to Page May speak during a rally for Sandra Bland near the DuSable Bridge on July 28, 2015.

Sandra Bland’s family: Trooper perjury charge a ‘slap on the wrist’

May 22, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

Sandra Bland's family scoffed at the decision to charge the Texas state trooper who arrested her in a confrontational traffic stop last summer with perjury, saying any potential punishment for...

Family members grieve over a hearse after the funeral for Bettie Jones on Jan. 6, 2016, in Chicago.

Friends, family say goodbye to woman accidentally killed by Chicago police

May 22, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

Bettie Jones spent much of her life in church. The second of seven children in a Christian household, Jones sang in church choirs and was part of the family singing...

Dr. Shanin Moshiri leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 16, 2013, in Chicago. Moshiri, a podiatrist, was convicted in July 2015 of accepting kickbacks for sending patients to Sacred Heart Hospital on the West Side.

Podiatrist given light prison term, work release in Sacred Heart fraud scheme

May 22, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

A Chicago podiatrist convicted last summer for his role in a massive fraud scheme at Sacred Heart Hospital was sentenced Tuesday to three months in prison as well as three...

Veronica Morris-Moore leads a group of protesters rallying for a trauma center to be built on the South Side on May 12, 2014.

Young, black activists emerge amid repeated police controversies in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

An iconic image has emerged from street protests since Chicago released video of a white police officer gunning down black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald: a teenager standing nose to nose with...

American Red Cross workers stand outside their office in honor of Chicago firefighter Daniel Capuano as a procession passes transporting his body on Dec. 15, 2015.

A solemn procession for a fallen firefighter: ‘Chicago has lost one of its bravest’

June 3, 2018 at 1:27 a.m.

Dozens of firefighters, many of them still in their work gear, stood at attention outside the Cook County morgue Monday morning to salute a comrade killed while fighting a warehouse...

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