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Jeffry and Johnny Love, parents of the late Mary Alice Love, hug as protesters chant at the village board meeting in Mundelein, Oct. 26, 2026. The board cancelled the meeting. Mary Alice Love was killed by Mundelein police at her home May 11 during a mental health crisis. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Demonstrators protesting fatal police shooting force Mundelein to cancel board meeting

By Russell Lissau

October 27, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

Demonstrators protesting the fatal shooting of a Mundelein woman by police temporarily occupied the boardroom...

Hometown fire Chief Daniel Duffy of shows equipment inside a fire truck, Oct. 26, 2026. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Palos Heights and Hometown fire protection districts seek rate increases

By Elena Tittel

October 27, 2026 at 10:10 a.m.

Palos Heights Fire Protection District and Hometown Fire Protection Districts are seeking rate increases in...

FILE – Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of ‘McMillan & Wife’ and ‘Kate & Allie,’ dies at 80

By Beth Harris

October 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series “McMillan...

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Afternoon Briefing: Chicago mayoral candidates turn in ballot petitions with flair

By baiduhai

October 26, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.

License plate readers attached to Chicago police vehicles on June 4, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPD unveils new policy on license plate reader cameras

By Sam Charles

October 26, 2026 at 2:01 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department has unveiled a draft of a new policy governing officers’ use...

FILE – Children ride their bicycles to the Dollar General store, Aug. 21, 2025, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Dollar General sued by FTC, Illinois and other states for ‘deceptive pricing practices’

By Anne D'Innocenzio

October 26, 2026 at 2:39 p.m.

The Federal Trade Commission has sued the bargain chain Dollar General for what it characterized...

GoFundMe for Maclaine Schmidt, the youngest victim in last week's mass shooting in Mundelein. (GoFundMe/Adriano Bruzzone, Anthony Nunnery)

Youngest Mundelein mass shooting victim remembered as a ‘brilliant and passionate chef’

By Russell Lissau

October 26, 2026 at 1:38 p.m.

The youngest victim in last week’s mass shooting in Mundelein is being remembered as a...

Messler, Pimentel seeking fresh approach in the Lake County Auditor’s office

By Michelle L. Quinn

October 26, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Lake County Recorder Regina “Gina” Pimentel, of Crown Point; and Charles “Chuck” Messler, of Lowell,...

The planned Amtrak maintenance facility near Rate Field Tuesday includes railroad tracks around West 35th Street between White Sox parking lots and the surrounding Bridgeport community, Oct. 6, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Controversial Amtrak yard proposal to get environmental assessment by Federal Railroad Administration

By Brian J. Rogal

October 26, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

It’s potentially a big turnaround from earlier this year, and comes after passionate outcry against...

The Wintrust Financial building at 231 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago on March 11, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Bullet fired by man in Federal Plaza pierced window of Wintrust building, feds say

By Jason Meisner

October 26, 2026 at 1:53 p.m.

A bullet fired by a south suburban man in Federal Plaza last week pierced a...

Hobart’s Bryce Tolliver (18) hauls in a long pass to score against Hanover Central during a Northwest Crossroads Conference game in Hobart on Oct. 2, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Bradshaw: The scoreboard does not need artificial intelligence

By Gerald Bradshaw

October 26, 2026 at 12:34 p.m.

AI can calculate an average, summarize a survey or produce a graph, but students still...

FILE - Walter Koenig appears at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Walter Koenig, Ensign Chekov on original ‘Star Trek’ series who was born in Chicago, dies at 90

By Jonathan Landrum

October 26, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the “Star...

Dr. David Fajgenbaum signs a copy of his book, “Chasing My Cure,” for Joy Blakely, of Portage, and Suzette Bodnar, of Highland, following Fajgenbaum’s lecture Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, as part of the Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum lecture series at PNW’s Westville campus.

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Near-death experience prompts search for treatments for rare diseases

By Doug Ross

October 26, 2026 at 12:09 p.m.

Even as a medical student, Dr. David Fajgenbaum took the “physician, heal thyself” adage literally....