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Men's wheelchair winner, Kurt Fearnley, crosses the finish line of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Fallen Chicago marathoner was N.C. firefighter raising money for burn victims

August 19, 2019 at 6:24 a.m.

Firefighter William Caviness was a life-long athlete and veteran marathoner from North Carolina who signed up for the Chicago race aiming to raise $2,000 for burn victims. He raised nearly...

Suzi Schmidt to stay in office, seek re-election

May 16, 2019 at 8:41 a.m.

State Sen. Suzi Schmidt announced Wednesday that she will stay in office and seek re-election next year, despite recent controversy over her 911 call requesting special treatment during a marital...

Lawmaker in trouble over domestic 911 calls rose from outsider to insider

August 23, 2021 at 1:45 a.m.

When Suzi Schmidt first won a seat on the Lake County Board in 1988, she was such an outsider that board leaders sometimes turned off her microphone during meetings. She...

Did state senator wield clout in marital tiff?

May 16, 2019 at 8:38 a.m.

Recordings of 911 calls are raising the question of whether state Sen. Suzi Schmidt sought to use her political clout to influence Lake County authorities during several domestic disturbances with...

DNA threatens strength of Lake County conviction

December 23, 2018 at 12:45 p.m.

Drops of blood found at the murder scene didn't match the suspect or victim in the beating death of a respected 71-year-old Waukegan appliance store owner, but the jury was...

Going behind bars to get the background of a story

May 9, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

Inmates who swear to their innocence are not hard to find, and a newspaper reporter could spend a career interviewing every man and woman who claims to have been wrongly...

Cops search for driver in hit-and-run that killed woman, injured her friend

May 16, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

The search continued today for the driver who ran down two elderly women on their way to a hairstylist in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood, killing one woman on her 82nd...

James Thindwa, Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff civil engagement coordinator, at the St. Agatha's Catholic Church, today.

Union leaders seek religious help for labor cause

May 16, 2019 at 8:29 a.m.

Union leaders across the Chicago area fanned out to churches, mosques and synagogues this weekend to argue that organized labor's cause is on the side of God. In the modest...

Prosecutors: Cops find Ecstasy in man’s pacifier

May 16, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

A Chicago man led police on a wrong-way car chase Saturday night after an officer spotted a baby pacifier stuffed with what turned out to be Ecstasy pills in his...

Contractor with Blagojevich links to plead guilty

May 16, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

A former state contractor with close ties to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to enter a guilty plea Monday, more than four years after she was charged with bilking the state...

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