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Ex-DePaul tennis player, Northwestern coach charged with stalking

May 21, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

An Australian tennis coach with ties to Northwestern and DePaul universities stalked his ex-girlfriend in Chicago, threatened her life and said he'd post nude pictures of her online, prosecutors alleged...

Ex-DePaul tennis player, Northwestern coach charged with stalking

December 23, 2018 at 6:01 p.m.

An Australian tennis coach with ties to Northwestern and DePaul universities stalked his ex-girlfriend in Chicago, threatened her life and said he'd post nude pictures of her online, prosecutors alleged...

Police: Teen pulled gun to steal baseball hats

September 9, 2018 at 7:07 a.m.

A Chicago teen who arranged to buy baseball hats on Facebook took out a handgun, not a wallet, when he met the seller to complete the transaction last weekend on...

Sen. Kirk calls for Hines VA Hospital director to step down

May 21, 2019 at 10:37 a.m.

Just hours after the embattled Veterans Affairs secretary resigned, Sen. Mark Kirk said he had seen evidence of a "culture of corruption" at a suburban Chicago VA hospital where he...

Big events abound during weekends of Kennedy project

May 21, 2019 at 10:34 a.m.

There's no good weekend, let alone multiple weekends, to slow traffic to a crawl on a major Chicago thoroughfare. But Illinois Department of Transportation officials said they made sure to...

Harvey mayor shuts down park district-owned gun range

December 17, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

The mayor of Harvey shut down a gun range in the south suburb Thursday, declaring bullets are landing in neighbors' yards. Mayor Eric J. Kellogg's executive order is the latest...

Students at Alain Locke Charter School on Chicago's West Side earlier this year.

West Side charter renewal halted until operators agree to rating system

May 21, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

The Chicago Board of Education tabled a vote Wednesday on whether to renew an agreement with the operators of a West Side charter school and indicated no action will be...

West Side charter school renewal halted until operators agree to rating system

December 23, 2018 at 5:59 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education tabled a vote Wednesday on whether to renew an agreement with the operators of a West Side charter school and indicated no action will be...

Police investigate a Little Village crime scene where a 21-year-old man was shot.

Boy, 15, charged with Little Village shooting

May 21, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

Prosecutors said a man shot in March was initially wary of cooperating with police but had a change of heart after the high school freshman whom he said pulled the...

Boy, 15, charged as adult with armed robbery

May 21, 2019 at 10:17 a.m.

A teen accused of robbing another boy on the South Side was arrested after his alleged victim spotted him at the same spot where he was held at gunpoint a...

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