Chicago Marathon organizers tighten focus on security
The countdown clock on the Chicago Marathon's website Tuesday showed 179 days left until the Oct. 13 race, but organizers this week were focused with fresh urgency on security details...
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Marathon blasts could reshape security across Illinois
After Monday's explosions at one of the nation's most iconic sporting events, Illinois officials immediately began to look to Boston for clues on how to protect a public headed into...
Goat’s head delivered to Wrigley Field
A goat's head was delivered to Wrigley Field on Wednesday afternoon, addressed to Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, and police are investigating the drop-off of the "intimidating package," officials said. Cubs...
Files detail decades of abuse in Joliet Diocese
The Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. It offered him an in-person apology from the...
Files reveal depth of abuses at Joliet Diocese
The Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. It offered him an in-person apology from the...
Files detail decades of abuse in Joliet Diocese
The Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. It offered him an in-person apology from the...
Files reveal depth of abuses at Joliet Diocese
The Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. It offered him an in-person apology from the...
School closings: Combining CPS schools could pose security challenge
When KIPP charter school was given space inside Penn elementary in North Lawndale nearly four years ago, charter students were bused from all over the West Side to a school...
Jackson, wife face federal charges
The unraveling of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s political career reached its final stages Friday with the filing of federal criminal charges against Jackson and his wife that accused...
A city in crisis seeks answers
A decade and some 4,500 Chicago homicides separate the shooting deaths of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and 12-year-old Rene Guillen, two tragedies that in many ways bookend the city's up-and-down struggle...