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Melissa Calusinski, at Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Ill., in 2013. Calusinski's case was featured on "48 Hours" on Saturday.

’48 Hours’ features Chicago-area woman convicted of toddler’s murder

May 22, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.

A Chicago-area woman convicted of killing a toddler by slamming him to the floor at a child care center tearfully said during the "48 Hours" news show Saturday that she...

Members of the Foss Park District board in January, including Jimmy L. Baldwin (center).

2nd park official in suburb is 5th person charged in Toys for Tots theft

May 10, 2019 at 10:28 p.m.

A second park board commissioner from North Chicago has been charged with stealing toys collected for the Christmas charity Toys for Tots, authorities confirmed Friday. Jimmy L. Baldwin, 67, vice...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses attendees during the Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner at The Meadows Club on Thursday night in Rolling Meadows, Ill.

In Illinois stop, Chris Christie points to ‘abject failure’ in Oval Office

August 18, 2019 at 6:45 p.m.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, giving a fundraising speech in the northwest suburbs Thursday, described Americans as being anxious because of "an absolute, abject failure in the Oval Office." The...

Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, the No. 2-ranking official in the Greek Orthodox faith in the Midwest, denies any improper activity regarding a criminal investigation into a priest accused of stealing from his former church.

Chicago bishop warned against intimidating witness

May 25, 2019 at 1:06 p.m.

A high-ranking Greek Orthodox bishop in Chicago was warned by a prosecutor against "potential efforts to intimidate witnesses" in a case involving a priest accused of stealing more than $100,000...

The Rev. James Dokos, right, and his attorney, Patrick Knight, face a Milwaukee judge in a theft case July 18, 2014.

Judge won’t drop Glenview priest’s theft case over religious freedom claim

May 25, 2019 at 1:06 p.m.

A judge on Thursday rejected the argument made by a Glenview priest that a felony theft case against him should be dropped because it violated religious freedom laws. The Rev....

Dr. Wendell Wheeler gives vaccinations to Ny-riel Wilson as her mother, Briana Steele, holds her Feb. 3, 2015, at a South Holland clinic. The baby was not vaccinated for measles during this visit because she is too young.

Measles outbreak puts Chicago parents on high alert

August 18, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

A measles outbreak spreading across the country is fueling the debate over vaccinations and causing alarm among parents, pediatricians and public health officials in the Chicago area. Doctors are fielding...

With Winnetka schools closed Monday, some children enjoyed their snow day sledding at the Skokie Playfield hill off Hibbard Road.

North Shore resurfaces after being hit by blizzard

May 10, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Students across the North Shore celebrated a sunny but cold snow day on Monday after a blizzard closed local schools. Winnetka resident Stuart Schweidel spent the morning with his daughter...

Sledders brave the hill at Danny Cunniff Park in Highland Park on Sunday morning.

Highland Park, Deerfield mostly escape snow unscathed

May 14, 2019 at 2:03 a.m.

Despite getting more than 19 inches of snowfall over the weekend, Highland Park and Deerfield experienced few problems, officials said, other than police having to help some drivers who slid...

Unofficially, parts of Chicago area got 22 inches of snow

May 22, 2019 at 7:14 p.m.

The Super Bowl blizzard may have officially checked in at 19.3 inches, but the hardest-hit area was actually a little to the north in Lincolnshire. A total of 22 inches...

Chicago, suburbs tackle snow with arsenal of tools

May 21, 2019 at 4:50 p.m.

The untold tonnage of snow left by the weekend blizzard was scraped aside, piled up and liquefied Monday in operations that relied alternately on brute force and delicacy, helping many...

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