Vet: Eagle shot in wing expected to recover
An eagle found shot in the wing along the Illinois River west of Starved Rock State Park has undergone surgery and is expected to recover. "He's doing very well today,"...
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Son killed, mother wounded in Avondale home invasion
A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed and his mother seriously wounded when two masked men forced their way into the family's apartment in the Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Tuesday...
Chicago Marathon mom: Running at nine months pregnant
When I received the assignment to tell Amber Miller's marathon birth story for The Talk page, my initial concern was over making an early morning phone call to a woman...
Photo finish: Woman gives birth after running (and walking) marathon
Amber Miller was nearly 39 weeks pregnant -- expecting her second child any day -- when she set off from the starting line of the Chicago Marathon Sunday.She ran and...
Under recent policy, Cook County begins donating unclaimed bodies after 2 weeks
An obscure, 126-year-old state law has prompted the Cook County medical examiner's office to set a two-week deadline for bodies to be claimed at the morgue or risk being donated...
Sleeping with the enemy on the North Side
I should have known the inmates were running the asylum when I saw the flag hanging from a third-floor railing. The prominent red "C," set on a white background with...
MILESTONES.
Eisenhower's boys soccer team defeated Romeoville 12-0 to give coach Jose Barrientos his 300th career victory. St. Francis girls volleyball coach Peg Kopec notched her 600th career victory at the...