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Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg, shown in 2014, is battling several aldermen over fiscal issues and has threatened to lay off a number of city employees.

Harvey threatens to lay off half its employees amid tax levy fight

May 22, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

A south suburb is threatening to lay off half the town's police and other workers as part of a widening political dispute in a place long known for high crime,...

DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin arrives at a news conference Jan. 17, 2013.

Lisle police-involved fatal shooting was justified: DuPage state’s attorney

May 16, 2019 at 5:19 a.m.

A Lisle police officer will not face charges in the fatal shooting of a man trying to break into a home, according to DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin, who...

Police officers and detectives investigate the scene of the fatal police-involved shooting of Ronald Johnson, 25, at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and 53rd Street early Oct. 12, 2014, in Chicago.

City wavering on keeping video secret in another fatal Chicago police shooting

May 25, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

A week after the shocking video of a Chicago police officer shooting teen Laquan McDonald went viral, city officials appear to be wavering in their fight to keep secret another...

Chicago police monitor a prayer vigil in front of the Chicago Police Department headquarters in memory of Laquan McDonald and to call for a federal investigation into the case, Nov. 30, 2015.

Long inquiry before charges in Laquan McDonald shooting prompts scrutiny

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

After a Chicago police officer shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014, authorities had prompt access to evidence extending well beyond what is available in many homicide investigations. Eyewitnesses, including...

Man in custody after barricade incident near Franklin Park

May 22, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

A man was taken into custody Friday morning after he barricaded himself inside of a home near Franklin Park and held an elderly woman hostage with a knife, according to...

Customers for Powerball tickets trickle in at the Minute Man Shell gas station at York and Butterfield roads in Elmhurst before the big evening rush for the Feb. 10, 2015, drawing.

Illinois Lottery’s failure to pay prizes draws other states into lawsuit

June 16, 2018 at 11:46 a.m.

The ongoing impasse over the state budget has roped in dozens of other states' lotteries into a lawsuit filed against the Illinois Lottery over its failure to pay its winners....

The Chicago Park Hotel at the intersection of Interstate 294 and Halsted Street in Harvey is seen on June 21, 2013. The city of Harvey gave the hotel's developer millions of dollars in loans, but the place remains abandoned and half-gutted.

Developer in Harvey hotel deal asked for help avoiding jail, FBI says

June 16, 2018 at 11:48 a.m.

Five years ago, a suburb's comptroller received an unusual plea from a developer given millions in taxpayer-funded loans. "Please help me avoid going to jail." Recently obtained court records show...

Aldermen Christopher Clark, from left, Joseph Whittington, Shirley Drewenski and Lamont Brown listen to public comments Aug. 4, 2015, during a special meeting at Harvey City Hall.

Aldermen sue Harvey mayor, moving political stalemate to court

June 16, 2018 at 12:11 p.m.

In an usual political move even for a troubled local suburb, a majority of Harvey aldermen have sued the longtime mayor and city clerk, alleging the two have unlawfully kept...

Abana Tabb, 57, panhandles near the Millennium Park Metra station on Sept. 17, 2015. Tabb is homeless but owns six distressed properties in the Chicago area after transfers by a property investment firm.

Tax buyer deeds abandoned properties to homeless man

June 16, 2018 at 1:22 p.m.

Abana Tabb carries a small cardboard sheet hand-printed with the words "Help Please Homeless" while he panhandles in downtown Chicago, often near the Metra station at Millennium Park. His homelessness...

What I’ve learned about grief in the 9 years since my son’s death

May 11, 2019 at 2:37 a.m.

It’s funny what you fixate on in a crisis. I remember asking the doctor several times to check my son’s heartbeat, to see if he had finally passed. She’d pull...

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