Robert McCoppin

Host Ricky Gervais arrives for the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California.

Comedian Ricky Gervais joins animal rights group in call to move Rocky the coyote from forest preserve in Northbrook to Colorado wildlife sanctuary

August 21, 2022 at 8:53 a.m.

The push to move a coyote from its cage in a Cook County forest preserve to a wildlife sanctuary got a celebrity endorsement recently from comedian Ricky Gervais. The British...

Rapper Vic Mensa, shown in his Chicago studio on Aug. 12, 2022, said selling weed was his "first hustle," and helped fund his start in music. He criticized the state licensing process.

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa launches Black-owned cannabis brand amid struggle by most Illinois craft growers to get started

August 17, 2022 at 11:58 a.m.

Chicago rapper and activist Vic Mensa applied for — but so far has been denied — licenses to grow and sell marijuana in Illinois. So he found another path to...

Christopher Vaughn, accused in the deaths of his wife and three children, is escorted into Will County Jail. Vaughn was returned to the state from Missouri after giving up his extradition fight.

Lawsuit claims grand jury was misled in case of Christopher Vaughn, Oswego man convicted of murdering wife and 3 kids near Channahon in 2007

August 9, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

The parents of an Oswego man convicted of murdering his wife and children have filed suit claiming that investigators misled the grand jury in the case. Pierre and Gail Vaughn...

Members of the Indiana House of Representatives stand for the Pledge of Allegiance before a vote is held on Senate Bills 1 and 2 during special session Aug. 5, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. On Friday, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed into law a wide-reaching ban on abortion — the nation's first of its kind since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Pritzker, Lightfoot roll out welcome mat for Indiana businesses in wake of new abortion restrictions in Hoosier State

August 8, 2022 at 10:42 p.m.

Calling Illinois an "oasis" for abortion rights, Gov. J.B. Pritzker put out the welcome sign Monday for businesses looking to expand outside of states like Indiana that adopt new abortion...

Village Trustee Marc Cinnamon shows land on a map that could be returned to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, July 27, 2022, in Shabbona.

Potawatomi Nation’s decades-long effort to reclaim land near DeKalb could be settled by Congress

August 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

In farm country near DeKalb, Native Americans and settlers have been feuding over a piece of disputed land for 173 years. Now, a federal bill proposes to settle the dispute...

Jennifer Garross, center, a mental health clinician, meets with other members of the city's Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement or CARE team including police officers and paramedics on July 14, 2022, at the start of their workday.

In Chicago and the region, new 911 response alternatives find early success, but also limits in urgent mental-health treatment

August 1, 2022 at 11:26 a.m.

A woman called 911, worried her friend might commit suicide after seeing a concerning photo on social media and thinking she may have slit her wrist. When a mental health...

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Comedian Ricky Gervais joins animal rights group in call to move Rocky the coyote from forest preserve in Northbrook to Colorado wildlife sanctuary

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa launches Black-owned cannabis brand amid struggle by most Illinois craft growers to get started

Lawsuit claims grand jury was misled in case of Christopher Vaughn, Oswego man convicted of murdering wife and 3 kids near Channahon in 2007

Pritzker, Lightfoot roll out welcome mat for Indiana businesses in wake of new abortion restrictions in Hoosier State

Potawatomi Nation’s decades-long effort to reclaim land near DeKalb could be settled by Congress

In Chicago and the region, new 911 response alternatives find early success, but also limits in urgent mental-health treatment

Alleged Highland Park July 4 parade shooter indicted on 117 felony charges

Supuesto tirador del desfile del 4 de julio de Highland Park acusado de 117 cargos por delitos graves

Captive coyote at Cook County forest preserve to stay but will get a bigger, better enclosure

Marijuana sales and tax revenues in Illinois jumped 50% in the past year