From the archive: Distraught family at a loss over girl’s slaying in alley
The last time Mya Lyons' family saw her alive, she was dressed head to toe in pink. Pink shoes, pink pants, pink T-shirt. It was her favorite color -- one...
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‘My team’ gets a new meaning
Imagine if the guy wearing a Kosuke Fukudome headband in the Wrigley Field bleachers had a say in whether to fire Lou Piniella after a five-game losing streak. Or if...
Taste crowd undeterred by nearby violence
The Taste of Chicago wrapped up its 27th run Sunday, a 10-day party marked by steady attendance and multiple shootings, which prompted police to swarm Grant Park and use new...
Taking tips from experts to the streets
If $4 gas and 80-degree temperatures have you eyeing that cobwebbed, neglected Schwinn in your basement as a transportation option, seasoned bike commuters have plenty of advice to share. Plan...
Mega-church has talks on gay issues
For Dotti Berry, healing the rift between religious conservatives and gay-marriage advocates could be as simple as replacing both sides' stereotypes with a human face. "You can't hate someone whose...
Mega-church has talks on gay issues
For Dotti Berry, healing the rift between religious conservatives and gay-marriage advocates could be as simple as replacing both sides' stereotypes with a human face. "You can't hate someone whose...
Jurors suspicious of Levine
Jurors weighing the fate of political insider Antoin "Tony" Rezko listened to the government's star witness, Stuart Levine, for more than three weeks, but it didn't take long for them...
CTA derailment blamed on driver
A veteran CTA train motorman apparently disobeyed a red "stop" signal and overruled equipment that triggered the emergency brakes, resulting in a derailment Wednesday high above the ground, according to...
Steelers rookie Mendenhall victim of lakefront stickup
Former University of Illinois running back and recent Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick Rashard Mendenhall was robbed at gunpoint along the Chicago lakefront early Monday morning, police and a relative said....
Scientists clamor to study cougar’s trail
DNA test results released Wednesday show that the cougar police shot in Chicago last month is the same one that frightened a southern Wisconsin man in January, and researchers hope...