Marion Renault –

Signs at Wojo's restaurant in Evergreen Park Sept. 12, 2016. Wojo's is one of the few restaurants in the Chicago area serving ostrich.

Decades after it crashed, ostrich industry poised to take off as demand grows

May 22, 2019 at 10:31 p.m.

For a flightless bird, ostrich has had a turbulent history in the U.S. meat market. Thirty years ago, farmers and breeders flocked to the ostrich business, oversaturating it. But without...

Man charged with theft after allegedly posing as parking lot attendant

June 13, 2018 at 2:58 a.m.

A Bridgeport man faces felony charges after allegedly posing as a parking lot attendant and taking money from people before a White Sox game in late July, authorities said Monday....

$1 million bail set for West Humboldt Park man facing child sexual assault charges

June 13, 2018 at 8:22 a.m.

A 27-year-old man was ordered held on $1 million bail on charges he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl multiple times during the course of several months, Cook County prosecutors said...

Anthony Aranda, left, and Terry Beauchamp hold a piece of rainbow cake in the Cook County clerk's office after they received the 10,000th same-sex marriage license in the county.

Cook County issues 10,000th same-sex marriage license

May 22, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

When they decided to get married, there was no formal proposal. The day they made the trip to apply for a marriage license was one they both happened to be...

A member of the St. George Fire Department assists residents as they wade through floodwaters from heavy rains in the Chateau Wein Apartments in Baton Rouge, La. on Aug. 12, 2016.

Volunteers from Illinois boost Red Cross relief efforts in Louisiana

May 22, 2019 at 10:23 p.m.

When Fran and Frank Cornwell first arrived in Hammond, La., last week, they had a truck full of food to deliver to flood victims but no set route. So the...

Nate Wallick of Peoria Carp Hunters brings in an Asian carp after it was speared by an arrow. Wallick leads bow fishing expeditions.

Poison pills, noise cannons: Researchers use arsenal of weapons to fight Asian carp

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

In less than half a century, Asian carp went from being unknown in U.S. waters to making up 90 percent of the biomass in some stretches of the Illinois and...

A memorial for Abner Garcia grows in the 5200 block of South Pulaski Road where the U.S. Army veteran was fatally shot on Aug. 13, 2016. More than 200 people marched from Curie Metropolitan High School in Chicago to the memorial during an anti-violence march on Aug. 21, 2016.

Friends, former gang members recall slain vet who wanted to end violence

May 22, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

Abner Garcia taught Miguel Areola some lessons that probably saved his life, without ever resorting to lectures or scoldings. Areola, 19, said when he was a gangbanger, it was Garcia...

Members of the Chicago Police Department work the scene where a man was shot in the 4700 block of West Gladys Avenue on Aug. 13, 2016, in Chicago.

Police investigate shooting of Chicago cop’s son as case of mistaken identity

May 22, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

The 19-year-old son of a Chicago police officer was shot and killed Sunday morning, hours before he was due to return to college in New York, police and family members...

Captain Nick Stama, left, working for TowBoatU.S., and boat co-owner Calvin Oosse, Chicago, discuss payment July 10, 2016, after Stama towed the boat "Bear Necessities," right, in Burnham Harbor. At right is Max, one of two dogs aboard the boat.

Shortage of young boat captains could weigh down marine towing boom

June 10, 2018 at 5:47 a.m.

Nick Stama might just have the most enviable commute in Chicago. Home is exactly three boats away from his office, a retired New York State Police boat docked at Belmont...

Siham Naser, left, and Lana Kashkeesh, center, both interns at Chicago's Council On American-Islamic Relations, listen to Itemid Al-Matar, right, at a news conference Aug. 11, 2016, announcing Matar's federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago. The suit claims she was searched and physically assaulted by Chicago police July 4, 2015.

Muslim woman sues Chicago, police, alleging excessive force, false arrest

May 22, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

A woman filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Chicago and six of its police officers after she said the officers profiled her based on her...

All Stories