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Bail denied for man accused of knocking woman, 66, on to Green Line tracks in unprovoked attack

October 10, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.

A man accused of violently knocking a 66-year-old woman onto elevated tracks at a CTA Green Line station had received conditional discharge the day before related to a similarly unprovoked...

Teen accused of being triggerman in South Side home invasion charged with murder

October 10, 2021 at 6:41 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors said a 17-year-old boy was identified as both the mastermind and triggerman in a deadly home invasion in the city's South Shore neighborhood last month. The teen's...

Jim Wienold lives in Palatine so a potential Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights would suit him. He spoke before the game versus Detroit Lions Sunday outside Soldier Field in Chicago.

At tailgates Sunday outside Soldier Field, Chicago Bears’ possible departure is a burning issue: ‘Arlington Heights, if they move, here I come’

October 3, 2021 at 7:34 p.m.

Amid the sizzle of brats and burgers on Weber grills and plumes of cigar smoke, something else was burning outside historic Soldier Field on Sunday, days after fans awoke to...

Cells in Division 11 of Cook County Jail.

Sheriff Tom Dart accuses state prison of slowing inmate transfers based on vaccinations, files suit seeking Illinois Supreme Court intervention

October 1, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said more than 500 detainees are awaiting transfer to state prison creating a powder keg in his jail and forcing him to ask the Illinois...

The O'Leary family plot that includes the graves of Catherine and her husband, Patrick O'Leary, is at Mount Olivet Cemetery, pictured on Aug. 30, 2021.

Surviving kin of Chicago’s famous O’Leary family ready for new chapter following harrowing past. ‘I think it’s time for closure.’

October 1, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

A DNA test kit that came as an anniversary gift dropped two bombshells in Cindy O'Gara's quiet suburban life. First, the test showed that the man who raised her wasn't...

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Bail denied for man accused of knocking woman, 66, on to Green Line tracks in unprovoked attack

Teen accused of being triggerman in South Side home invasion charged with murder

At tailgates Sunday outside Soldier Field, Chicago Bears’ possible departure is a burning issue: ‘Arlington Heights, if they move, here I come’

Sheriff Tom Dart accuses state prison of slowing inmate transfers based on vaccinations, files suit seeking Illinois Supreme Court intervention

Surviving kin of Chicago’s famous O’Leary family ready for new chapter following harrowing past. ‘I think it’s time for closure.’

Column: R. Kelly verdict is in, but too many of his die-hards don’t seem to care

Professor accused of hurling racial slurs, spitting on Black woman and her daughter outside Oak Park grocery store

DNA ties West Side felon to 2006 fatal stabbing in North Lawndale

Prosecutors: Woman fatally shot son, 12, in South Side home over a missing digital storage disc

Some parents brace for chaotic first day as school bus driver shortage leaves 2,100 CPS students without rides