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Mike Droney, a homeless veteran, displays a redesigned cardboard sign in downtown Chicago on July 2, 2015.

Design student revamps cardboard signs to help Chicago’s homeless stand out

May 22, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

Among the tall towers and tourists crowding Chicago's Magnificent Mile is an often overlooked population: homeless people with signs asking for change. While many of the cardboard signs seem hastily...

Prosecutors: Man strangled girlfriend day after release from mental evaluation

May 22, 2019 at 8:17 p.m.

A judge Thursday denied bail for a West Side man who allegedly strangled his girlfriend, then posted a confession on Facebook, a day after he had been released from a...

Mom: Boy, 10, hit by SUV on basketball court ‘doing OK’

May 22, 2019 at 8:17 p.m.

A 10-year-old boy was seriously injured when an SUV jumped a curb and drove onto a basketball court at a South Shore community park, authorities said. The boy was struck...

‘Great team effort’ by joggers saves man in Lake Michigan

May 22, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

During an early morning jog along Lake Michigan with his wife and children Tuesday, John Corba spotted a man struggling in the water nearly 30 yards from the shore. "This...

Robert Ahlf and Danette Anderson look at a downed tree on Burr Oak Road in Homewood on June 16, 2015.

You thought right: June breaking rainfall records

August 18, 2019 at 7:55 p.m.

If June seems drearier and wetter than usual, you're not imagining things. State rain totals are breaking records, and Chicago has experienced one of the wettest months of June. Combine...

Bobby Hanson, 34, left, Stephanie Kopplin, 27, Shay Johnson, 21, and Jasmine Newell, 21, run across the street in the Boystown neighborhood June 26, 2015.

Supreme Court gay marriage ruling praised by Illinois advocates

June 15, 2018 at 3:10 p.m.

Armed with a red rose for his husband, Vincent Cousineau walked along North Halsted Street in Chicago on Friday, cheering at honking cars celebrating the news that the nation's high...

Businessman with ties to Cicero president gets prison for tax evasion

May 22, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

The owner of a suburban sewer repair company with ties to Cicero Town President Larry Dominick was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison followed by another six months of...

Businessman with ties to Cicero president given prison for tax evasion

May 22, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

The owner of a suburban sewer repair company with ties to Cicero Town President Larry Dominick was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison followed by another six months of...

Confederate flag controversies have history in Chicago too

May 22, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Following last week's killings in a South Carolina church, an intense debate on racism is playing out in many Southern states over the history and meaning of the Confederate flag,...

Clark Burrus points out 1983 Chicago revenue statistics as Mayor Harold Washington, center, looks on. Burrus became the city's comptroller in 1974.

Clark Burrus, Chicago comptroller in 1970s, dead at 86

August 18, 2019 at 7:52 p.m.

Clark Burrus was rejected in his first attempt to find work at City Hall, turned down for a summer job while still in college. Mr. Burrus went on to a...

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