Former Chicago Alderman Bernie Stone dead at 87
During nearly four decades representing the Far North Side 50th Ward, Bernard Stone was known for memorably outspoken performances at City Council meetings, for his part in the tumult of...
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Officials: Suspect in teen’s slaying implicated co-defendants in robberies
One of the four teens charged as adults in the armed robbery and slaying of a high school student has implicated himself and the others in two armed robberies that...
Englewood student’s fatal shooting reinforces fears of parents, classmates
For students at Johnson College Prep, traveling to and from school in the Englewood neighborhood is so perilous that some parents deliver their children to school and pick them up...
3 more teens charged in slaying of boy, 15, who defended twin brother
Charges have been filed against three more suspects in the slaying of 15-year-old Demario Bailey, who was shot to death while coming to the aid of his twin brother when...
1 charged in killing of Demario Bailey, 15, who tried to save twin brother from robbers
Demario and Demacio Bailey, close-knit identical twins known within their South Side charter school community as the "Bailey boys," were raised in a home that prioritized schooling and safety. A...
2 days after killing, Loyola students mourn loss of Mutahir Rauf
Bloodstains lingered Sunday on the Rogers Park street corner where Mutahir Rauf, a student at Loyola University, was gunned down Friday evening. About 100 friends and fellow students gathered at...
Cupich leads prayers for Cook County’s unidentified dead
Eighteen unfinished wooden boxes containing the remains of some of Cook County's unidentified dead sat single file along the eastern edge of Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in the Far Southwest...
Judge: Court must act before work starts on Lucas museum site
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that no physical changes be made to the proposed site for George Lucas' museum without approval from the court, which is hearing a lawsuit...
Archbishop Cupich apologizes to West Side church for sex abuse
Making his first of three pastoral visits to ethnic parishes across Chicago, Archbishop Blase Cupich on Sunday apologized to parishioners at a West Side church who have been grappling with...
Christkindlmarket Chicago set for another holiday run
Christkindlmarket Chicago opens Friday morning in Daley Plaza. The open-air festival, modeled after the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany, is the largest authentic outdoor German holiday market in the United States,...