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The Sacred Heart Hospital building at 3240 W. Franklin Blvd. in Chicago remains vacant on July 27, 2015.

Doctor known as ‘king of nursing homes’ convicted in kickback scheme

May 22, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

A federal jury on Friday convicted a doctor known as the "king of nursing homes" for routinely referring elderly patients to a financially struggling hospital on Chicago's West Side as...

A January 2012 booking photo of Julia Bogdanov, who pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2015, in a decadelong, nationwide shoplifting spree.

Youngest member of shoplifting family given 15 months in prison

May 22, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

At her sentencing Thursday in federal court, the youngest member of a family that shoplifted millions of dollars of merchandise blamed her participation in the decadelong scheme on her parents'...

Architect Helmut Jahn looks over drawings of his State of Illinois Center in 1980.

Thompson Center tops list of most threatened Chicago buildings

June 11, 2018 at 4:36 a.m.

When the James R. Thompson Center opened in 1985, architect Helmut Jahn had hoped the glass panel building marked by an open-air atrium would serve as "a symbol for the...

Mother killed after returning to Chicago: ‘Her kids gotta grow up without a mother’

May 22, 2019 at 9:27 p.m.

This past Christmas, 30-year-old Shari Graham knew she needed a fresh start and chose to return to Chicago from Texas, where she had moved two years ago.She had spent last...

Chicago State University sends layoff notices to all 900 employees

May 25, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

Chicago State University sent notices of potential layoffs to all of its 900 employees Friday, yet another sign of the escalating budget crisis for the Far South Side public institution...

Freshman Isaias Martinez , left, and Omar Diaz work on their computer during computer science classes at Curie High School in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2016.

Computer science could become graduation requirement for CPS students

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials said Monday they are ready to move ahead with an initiative long-touted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to make computer science a requirement for high school graduation....

Gov. Bruce Rauner hears about the experiences of high school junior Alin Robledo, 17, left, who recently interned at the Lurie Children's Hospital. Rauner visited the Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy Feb. 22, 2016, on Chicago's South Side.

Rauner continues positioning on education ahead of battle with Democrats

May 25, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday continued to position himself as a friend of public schools ahead of a likely battle with Democratic lawmakers over funding for primary and secondary...

Joggers take advantage of the warm weather in Chicago as they exercise near Skinner Park on the Near West Side on Feb. 20, 2016.

City on damage control after blustery weather

May 22, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

The wind has died down, but city officials are still monitoring the damages after high winds Friday caused the evacuation of several Loop buildings, power outages, transportation delays and fallen...

Warm winter brings fewer potholes, nasty wind

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Unseasonably high temperatures sent Chicago-area residents flocking to parks, zoos and other outdoor areas to enjoy Friday's sunshine. But heavy winds later in the day forced people back inside in...

Two men feed a squirrel as the unseasonably warm weather continues in Chicago on Dec. 23, 2015, at Solidarity Drive and the lakefront.

High-rises cleared out, trains stopped, flights scrubbed as strong head winds hit

May 25, 2019 at 1:12 p.m.

"L" trains were stopped, high-rises in the Loop were evacuated and power outages were reported throughout the area Friday as powerful winds propelled a warm front through the Chicago area.Three...

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