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Gary Powell helps Bonnie Noe cast her ballot at the 48th ward 5th precinct polling site in the Edgewater Beach Apartments April 2, 2019.

Voter turnout for Chicago likely to rival historic low, election official says

June 14, 2019 at 10:50 a.m.

It was an election that made history in Chicago, sending the first black woman to City Hall, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from the dismal turnout at the polls...

Buoyed by its success, Harvest Bible Chapel embarked on an ambitious expansion plan in the early 2000s to add 10 churches over the next decade.

A church in turmoil: Inside Harvest Bible Chapel’s questionable financial moves and erratic leadership

March 30, 2019 at 7:38 a.m.

A two-month donation tally on Harvest Bible Chapel's website hints at the turmoil the popular evangelical Christian church has been experiencing since the beginning of the year. Needed, year to...

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown appears Jan. 22, 2019, at the Chicago Board of Elections. She has been the focus of a federal corruption probe centered on bribes-for-jobs allegations in her county office.

Debt collector indicted on pay-to-play charges linked to Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown

May 23, 2019 at 1:52 a.m.

The owner of a Pennsylvania debt collection business was indicted Friday on federal charges alleging he steered money to Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s office and campaign in...

Student athletes from North Park University lift a racing boat before placing it in the North Branch of the Chicago River during rowing team practice, at the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park on March 13, 2019.

Creating corridor of natural habitats along Chicago River could create jobs, reduce flooding and pollution, study says

March 15, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

A new report commissioned by Friends of the Chicago River says the development of an environmentally friendly “blue-green corridor” along the river system in northeastern Illinois would create $192 million...

U.S. Reps. Bill Foster, left, and Sean Castens.

In wake of Aurora shooting, U.S. Reps. Bill Foster and Sean Casten push for stricter gun laws

May 15, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, whose district includes the warehouse in Aurora where a gunman killed five people last week, said Tuesday he is hopeful a House bill strengthening background check...

Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows on Feb. 10, 2019.

Announcement of sweeping changes at Harvest Bible Chapel met with walkout, concerns about new direction

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

As snow coated the Rolling Meadows campus of Harvest Bible Chapel, congregants watched a video recorded sermon Sunday from Pastor Rick Donald titled “How to Respond in a Storm.” “If...

James MacDonald, pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, delivers a sermon about financial responsibility at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, on March 31, 2013.

Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald fired: ‘A hard but necessary day for our church’

February 14, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

James MacDonald, the senior pastor and founding member of Harvest Bible Chapel, has been fired, the church announced early Wednesday morning. The announcement comes nearly one month after church elders...

Erich "Mancow" Muller at his home in April 2005.

Radio personality ‘Mancow’ Muller describes Harvest Bible Chapel turmoil as ‘spiritual sucker-punch’

March 31, 2020 at 9:29 a.m.

Radio personality Erich “Mancow” Muller joined Harvest Bible Chapel several years ago because he was seeking Jesus Christ and a spiritual home for himself and his family. The network of...

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire on the 100 block of North Green Street late Jan. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

As face-freezing weather subsides, Chicagoans ready for a break: ‘Zero is going to feel warm’

August 24, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

It wasn’t an all-time record, and it wasn’t even as cold as the day before, but the polar vortex that held northern Illinois in an icy grip for the second...

Some hardy Chicagoans brave the polar vortex to get to work, help others: ‘We just have to buckle down and do our jobs’

August 22, 2019 at 10:23 a.m.

Armed with steaming hot coffee and hand warmers, multiple socks and layer upon layer of thermal gear, residents across the Chicago area steeled themselves against an arctic surge that gripped...

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