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Marshall assistant coach shot: ‘Out of the blue for no reason’

December 23, 2018 at 3:33 p.m.

The assistant boys' basketball coach at Marshall Metro High School remained in critical condition this morning after he was shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood while driving his daughter to...

Gordon Tech alumni protest proposal to change school name

May 21, 2019 at 4:54 a.m.

Hundreds of alumni of a 63-year-old North Side Catholic high school made emotional appeals at a meeting Wednesday night against a proposal to change the school's name. Upon hearing that...

Gordon Tech alumni protest proposal to change school name

December 23, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

Hundreds of alumni of a 63-year-old North Side Catholic high school made emotional appeals at a meeting Wednesday night against a proposal to change the school's name. Upon hearing that...

Cloud Gate, commonly known as "The Bean," in Millennium Park in Chicago reflects fallen snow Jan. 2, 2014.

Chicago schools to reopen, transit churning toward normalcy amid warmer forecast

May 16, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

Chicago Public School students will return to classes and commuters should face fewer delays with temperatures expected to rise above zero Wednesday. A winter that is one for the history...

Erma Tranter president of Friends of the Parks steps down.

Friends of the Parks President steps down

May 21, 2019 at 4:49 a.m.

Friends of the Parks President Erma Tranter is stepping down after leading the advocacy group for more than three decades. Tranter, 70, said she will begin working with a startup...

Friends of the Parks President steps down

December 23, 2018 at 3:28 p.m.

Friends of the Parks President Erma Tranter is stepping down after leading the advocacy group for more than three decades. Tranter, 70, said she will begin working with a startup...

Chicago woman killed in Afghanistan recalled as driven, generous

May 21, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

Stubborn as a little girl, empathetic and energetic as a teen and adventurous and determined as a woman. These descriptions were among many that circulated during Wednesday's memorial service for...

Former speaker of Illinois House W. Robert Blair II dies at 83

June 17, 2018 at 6:18 p.m.

W. Robert Blair II, a two-term Illinois House speaker in the 1970s who was admired and maligned for his push to create the Regional Transportation Authority, has died at 83...

Former speaker of Illinois House W. Robert Blair II dies at 83

December 23, 2018 at 3:20 p.m.

W. Robert Blair II, a two-term Illinois House speaker in the 1970s who was admired and maligned for his push to create the Regional Transportation Authority, has died at 83...

Activists at MLK event tie equality to wages

May 16, 2019 at 3:10 p.m.

A South Side gathering Sunday extolled the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the day before the holiday that bears his name by sounding the call for economic equality. A...

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