John Keilman

Russ DeSanti uses the William Hill app to place bets on Baylor vs. University of Oklahoma game from his home in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Dec. 7, 2019.

Sports betting is coming to your phone in Illinois. That means big money for the state — and big worries about addiction.

December 23, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Brian Benge is an experienced and enthusiastic sports bettor, and though he lives in Iowa City, the way he bets is a glimpse of the future for Illinois gamblers. He...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, attends a meeting with Hopkins Park Mayor Mark Hodge, center, Pembroke Township officials and Nicor Gas company representatives in Hopkins Park on Dec. 16, 2019.

Residents of impoverished Pembroke Township live without natural gas heat. Now Jesse Jackson is joining the push to bring a pipeline to the community.

December 17, 2019 at 7:17 a.m.

In all the years Thomas Levi has lived in this economically depressed community near Kankakee, he hasn't been able to rely on a simple convenience that most Illinois residents take...

Electrolytic pump prototypes that would be implanted beneath the skin to release the medication naloxone into the body should an opioid user overdose are displayed in a lab at Northwestern University on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Evanston. Postdoctoral fellow Abraham Vazquez-Guardado and professor of biomedical engineering John Rogers are leading the research.

Northwestern researcher develops new weapon in war against overdoses: An implanted device that automatically releases lifesaving naloxone

December 3, 2019 at 9:25 a.m.

An opioid overdose can be a lonely death. People who use drugs often do so in private, and should they get a dose stronger than they can tolerate, no one...

Cook County Sheriff's community treatment resource specialist Elli Petacque Montgomery speaks to a woman at a bus stop as she makes her rounds on Chicago's West Side neighborhood to speak to people and offer help.

In tents and under bridges, a new Cook County sheriff’s office program helps hard-to-reach drug users

December 2, 2019 at 5:12 a.m.

A woman emerged from a blanket-draped tent in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on a brisk November morning to find a half-dozen people from the Cook County sheriff's office lingering on the...

A white vehicle is parked at the scene of a death investigation in a University of Illinois at Chicago parking garage on Nov. 23, 2019, in Chicago.

Mother mourns ‘beloved baby of our family’ as parolee charged with strangling UIC student Ruth George at campus garage

November 26, 2019 at 2:40 p.m.

A parolee has been charged with first-degree murder and criminal sexual assault in the strangulation death of a University of Illinois at Chicago student whose body was found in a...

2012 Olympic gold medalist swimmer Conor Dwyer throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the Cubs hosted the Astros at Wrigley Field, Aug. 14, 2012.

North Shore swimmer Conor Dwyer, aiming to qualify for his 3rd Olympics, sought treatment to get his ‘mojo’ back. Then he was accused of doping.

November 22, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

After two Olympics, four world championship meets and a slew of international medals, Winnetka-reared swimmer Conor Dwyer was still near the top of his sport last year, notching times that...

Marni Yang was convicted of murdering Rhoni Reuter, lover of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle. Now a friend of Reuter believes Yang is innocent.

November 20, 2019 at 10:53 a.m.

A longtime friend of Rhoni Reuter, the slain lover of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle, said Tuesday she believes the woman convicted of killing Reuter is innocent. Michelle Ammentorp, who...

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