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Illa Doss, 55, lives in Chicago’s Galewood neighborhood on the Northwest Side. She moved from the West Side’s Austin neighborhood because of the fear of crime.

Do segregated neighborhoods raise blood pressure? NU study explores link

June 4, 2018 at 8:48 p.m.

Where you live — even down to the specific neighborhood — might have an impact on your blood pressure, a new study led by a Northwestern University researcher suggests. The...

Schools ban fidget toys as classroom distraction

May 22, 2019 at 11:22 p.m.

The latest craze in classrooms and on playgrounds comes in the form of brightly colored, hand-held trinkets that spin, have buttons to push or otherwise keep hands occupied. The aptly...

Shortly after leaving Allendale Association's residential treatment center in Lake County, 16-year-old Shaquan Allen (inset) was pronounced dead on March 30, 2016.

Charges tied to teen’s death dropped against treatment center worker

May 22, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

Obstruction of justice charges were dropped Tuesday against a former youth home employee once accused in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy living in the Lake County facility...

Wearing a shirt that says, "Visible for those that can't be", a District 211 high school student has a portrait taken in the rain at Community Park in Palatine on Monday, April 3, 2017.

Transgender controversy dominates high school board election

May 22, 2019 at 11:16 p.m.

In the school board election for a Palatine district four years ago, the term "transgender" was not remotely on the candidates' radar. This year, in the campaign for District 211...

In allowing liquor sales, Kenilworth follows the lead of other formerly dry suburbs that have moved away from such bans.

Dry no more: Kenilworth, one of last no-liquor holdouts, lifts sales ban

May 22, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

Kenilworth — one of the last Chicago suburbs to prohibit the sale of alcohol — is dry no more. Leaders of the tiny North Shore village voted last week to...

Road salt piling up even as March snowstorm hits

May 22, 2019 at 11:11 p.m.

Despite this week's snowfall, the region's unusually mild winter has meant less road salt use in many communities, with some even wondering how they'll store the surplus. "Before this storm,...

Ban on Irish butter in Wisconsin sends shoppers across state lines

June 5, 2019 at 12:33 p.m.

When Wisconsin resident Julie Rider shops for groceries, there's one item she can't legally buy at her local market — or at any stores in her state. Because of a...

The Rev. James Dokos attends a court hearing in his criminal case July 18, 2014, in Milwaukee.

Judge to priest who stole $100K from church: You abused position of trust

May 22, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

A Greek Orthodox priest from Chicago who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from his church had his felony theft conviction reduced to a misdemeanor Wednesday. A judge in...

Pedestrians jog during a foggy morning on the Chicago Lakefront Trail on Feb. 22, 2017.

The guilt of record warmth in Chicago — climate change?

June 5, 2018 at 9:16 p.m.

While enjoying Tuesday's warm weather in Chicago, Yashira Massey couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt. In a plaza near NBC Tower, the 33-year-old from the Austin neighborhood ate...

10 years later, families of 5 missing still search for truth

May 22, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Once in a while, Susan Olsen goes into a bedroom in her basement where her son once slept, to think, to look around. Bradley Olsen's clothes still hang in the...

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