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WNBA player Candace Parker’s grandmother found safe after having been missing

May 16, 2019 at 5:57 a.m.

Joan Potter, 82, grandmother of WNBA player Candace Parker who had been reported missing from her northwest suburban home since Monday, was found safe, according to police. Potter, who had...

Jasean Purdis, 21, works as a youth leader at the Center on Halsted, encouraging teens to be tested for HIV.

Another victim of yearlong budget stalemate: HIV testing, prevention

May 22, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

Under normal circumstances, Jeffery Erdman would be encouraged by the drop in the number of people testing positive for HIV. Instead, the decrease is another emblem of the damage wrought...

Sandy Wierschke gives her 5 month-old grandson, Emmett Wegner, a kiss good night before he takes his nap at their home in her McCullom Lake on Dec. 30, 2014.

Woman who fought chemical company over Chicago-area cancer cluster dies

May 22, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

Sandy Wierschke, a prominent figure in a lawsuit that accused a chemical company of causing a cluster of brain cancers in McHenry County, has died, her family said. After years...

Tracey Salvatore, of Schaumburg, speaks Dec. 2 during a special District 211 board meeting at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates to consider a settlement in the case of a transgender student seeking locker room access.

Letter urges District 211 to provide more access for transgender students

August 21, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

A group of parents and students is calling for full integration of transgender students — including access to the bathrooms and locker rooms — in the suburban school district that...

McHenry man accused of killing wife also slit own throat, police say

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

A McHenry man accused of fatally stabbing his wife also slit his own throat during the attack Monday, authorities confirmed. Anthony Harrison, 30, was released from the hospital Wednesday and...

McHenry man fatally stabbed wife in throat: authorities

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

A McHenry man was charged with first-degree murder after authorities said he fatally stabbed his wife in the throat on Monday. Authorities said Laura Harrison, 30, was found dead in...

Willie Mae Allen talks about the life and death of her son Shaquan Allen, at her attorney's office in Chicago on May 12, 2016.

Teen’s death at residential center emblematic of ‘system problem’: DCFS

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Trouble had dogged Shaquan Allen for much of his life, but after about a year at a facility that houses wards of the state, the teen had made enough progress...

ACLU to intervene in lawsuit over locker room access for transgender student

June 10, 2018 at 2:54 p.m.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois announced Tuesday that it will intervene in a lawsuit filed against a suburban school district and the federal government over their agreement providing...

Lawsuit filed after transgender student gets locker room access in Palatine

May 22, 2019 at 9:47 p.m.

A group of suburban students and parents is suing the U.S. Department of Education and Illinois' largest high school district after school officials granted a transgender student access to the...

Upset that the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is opposing the Home Birth Safety Act, supporters of the bill protest in front of the AAP headquarters in Elk Grove Village on April 12, 2016.

Group wants midwives to be able to practice without nursing degrees

May 22, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

Facing opposition to a bill that would allow more midwives to practice legally in Illinois, advocates on Tuesday staged a protest complete with colorful signs, baby carriers and cozy blankets....

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