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Capt. Mark Stevenson, left, and Capt. Cortney Scott pose Feb. 10, 2016, at Navy Pier in Chicago. Stevenson was nominated for the Capt. Lewis Ludington Award for helping plan a maritime academy for at-risk Chicago youth.

Chicago shipmaster recognized for recruiting at-risk youth

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

When Capt. Mark Stevenson was about 5 years old, he used to race Popsicle sticks down gutters with a water hose. Growing up in Richmond, Va., along the James River,...

Stephen Weller holds a blow up photograph of a scene showing Cardinal Mundelein dedicating the cornerstone of St. Clara, now the Shrine of Christ the King, during a press conference across the street of the Shrine of Christ the King in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago.

Anonymous donors pledge $450,000 in effort to save Woodlawn church

May 22, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

A handful of people in the Midwest have pledged $450,000 to stabilize a Woodlawn church devastated by a fire last fall. Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, announced the...

Former Marines Ines Gardena, left, and Tony Doukas stand at attention during the national anthem at a Super Bowl 50 party with Chicago Veterans at VetHub, a newly opened multi-use space, at 5031 W. Montrose Ave., in Chicago on Feb. 7, 2016.

Veterans center in Portage Park to serve as ‘community base’

May 22, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

In a small storefront room in Portage Park, the gathering Sunday looked like most other Super Bowl parties. There was a big-screen TV, pizza, chips and drinks. But the West...

Prosecutors: Gun was shot 9 times from North Side high-rise roof

May 22, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

A Chicago man was ordered held on $150,000 bail after he and a female allegedly went up to the rooftop of his Park West high-rise apartment building and fired off...

Jim and Valerie Rogers, owners of Great Lakes Horse and Carriage, said their two carriages were destroyed in an early morning blaze Feb. 6, 2015. Jim Rogers said the fire put a wrench in things, coming a week before Valentine's Day and the delivery of their first child.

FBI raises reward in 2015 Noble Horse ‘animal rights extremism’ arson

May 22, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

The FBI has doubled to $10,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for last year's arson at Noble Horse Theatre. The fire on Feb. 6,...

A man hit by a CTA train is put on a stretcher, at rear on the platform, as Chicago firefighters and CTA workers survey the scene at the Red Line station at 63rd Street on Jan. 29, 2016.

Man hit by Red Line train dies in apparent suicide

May 22, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

A man died in what police believed was a suicide after he jumped in front of a Red Line train near 63rd Street early Friday afternoon, officials said. CTA officials...

Rolling Thunder, Illinois Chapter One, members Kandice Jacobs, from left, Gary Bills and Dina Derman look at a chair dedicated to prisoners of war and missing in action military personnel after a ceremony at Soldier Field on Jan. 28, 2016.

Empty seat at Soldier Field dedicated to POWs, MIAs

May 22, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

Rolling Thunder members, donning leather jackets with biker patches, hats and sunglasses, filed by a lone chair, plaque and set of flags Thursday afternoon at Soldier Field. Some stopped and...

Chicago customs officers seize more than 16,000 counterfeit hoverboards

May 22, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Chicago field office has seized more than 16,000 hoverboards, worth about $6 million, after finding that they posed a health risk and used trademark logos...

A Metra train at the La Salle Street Station has new seats installed Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Unlike older versions of seats on Metra trains, these seats cannot be adjusted to face either the back or front of trains, but do feature headrests, cupholders and electrical outlets. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Metra adding new, nonflippable seats to railcars

May 22, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

After a survey found that most Metra riders wouldn't mind if seats no longer flipped, allowing them to always face in the direction the train is moving, the commuter rail...

A new electric bus is displayed outside CTA offices at 567 W. Lake St. on Oct. 29, 2014.

CTA to buy more electric buses

May 22, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

The Chicago Transit Authority announced plans Friday to spend between $30 million and $40 million to buy 20 to 30 new all-electric buses over the next several years. The CTA...

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