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Scratch-off lottery tickets, some with handmade signs advertising unpaid prizes, are shown at Mare's Mini Mart & Deli on Chicago's Northwest Side. A Tribune investigation found the Illinois Lottery collected hundreds of millions of dollars from selling tickets to its biggest-prize instant games in which it did not award all of the grand prizes.

Placing grand-prize tickets in instant games is an elaborate process

June 8, 2018 at 6:19 p.m.

The private firms that manage and stock the Illinois Lottery with instant tickets say nobody knows where the winning tickets are. There is no way to manipulate the games, they...

Pastors try to help make sense of Donald Trump’s election

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

As Elizabeth Wilkins walked out of the sanctuary of University Church of Chicago on Sunday, she paused to grasp the Rev. Julian DeShazier's hand with both of her own. "Thank...

Kim Foxx declares win in Cook County state’s attorney’s race

May 15, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Democrat Kim Foxx on Tuesday declared victory over her Republican opponent in the contest for Cook County state's attorney, putting her on a path to become the first African-American to...

Fans visit Harry Caray's gravesite Nov. 3, 2016, at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines after the Cubs' World Series-clinching victory. Beer cans, flowers, green apples, pennants, a hot dog and many other mementos have appeared since the championship.

Loved ones of deceased Cubs faithful bring mementos to gravesites

May 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

Hours after the Chicago Cubs broke their 108-year-old slump with a World Series victory, Erin Stanton found herself smiling and crying at the same time as she placed a World...

Homicide suspected in death of woman found at west suburban White Pines Golf Course

June 12, 2018 at 10:23 a.m.

Authorities say the death of a 37-year-old woman found at the White Pines Golf Course in unincorporated DuPage County appears to be a homicide. Charlie Dastych, chief deputy coroner in...

Former city Comptroller Joseph Letke was a central figure in a notorious deal that sent millions of taxpayer dollars to a developer to supposedly turn a dilapidated truckers motel beside a strip club into a Holiday Inn with a regional conference center.

Ex-Harvey comptroller linked to failed hotel deal found dead

May 22, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

Authorities said a one-time south suburban political operative appears to have committed suicide in southern Indiana amid a lingering investigation into his role in a notorious development deal in Harvey....

A sign in front of Sharon Bychowski's home, left, and near Drew Peterson's home, right, in Bolingbrook announces a fundraiser to support a continued search for Stacy Peterson.

Drew Peterson gets 40 extra years for plot to kill prosecutor

May 22, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.

As Drew Peterson wrapped up his 25-minute speech in court Friday, he turned in his chair and spoke directly to the prosecutor he tried to have killed. "And Jim Glasgow,...

Illinois seeks new private firm to run troubled lottery

June 11, 2018 at 9:21 p.m.

After a widely criticized first attempt at privatization, the Illinois Lottery has formally begun the process to try it again. Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Thursday that the state was opening...

Drew Peterson will have chance to speak out in court again Friday

June 10, 2018 at 10:50 a.m.

Drew Peterson delivered a rambling, crying, 40-minute rant before his murder case sentencing in 2013. On Friday, he will have the chance to speak out in court again — if...

A plane crashed into a house in the 1800 block of Hampton Court on Joliet's far west side on July 21, 2016.

Pilot killed, Joliet home set ablaze when Wisconsin-bound plane crashes

May 16, 2019 at 5:58 a.m.

A small plane crashed on a residential block in Joliet on Thursday morning, killing the pilot and setting a two-story house on fire, officials said. First reports indicated the plane...

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