Sylvia Goodman

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston in 2017.

Northwestern Interfraternity Council votes to extend social ban

October 18, 2021 at 1:06 p.m.

Northwestern University's Interfraternity Council voted Friday to extend its ban on all social and recruitment activities associated with the council's 12 member fraternities. The council had initially implemented a three-week...

Tinley Park Police take two people into custody Friday morning after stopping a black SUV at Harlem Avenue and 183rd Street. They have not said if the arrests were related to the overnight manhunt.

Juvenile charged, others sought after Tinley Park search following Posen shooting

October 15, 2021 at 9:13 p.m.

A 17-year-old has been charged and two people are still being sought after a shooting in Posen Thursday that led to an overnight search focused in Tinley Park. Tinley Park...

Chicago police work the scene near where two officers were shot at 63rd Street and Bell Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2021.

Officer Carlos Yanez was wounded in the same shooting that took his partner Ella French’s life. ‘His personality is still there,’ said his dad, hours after Yanez’s release from a rehabilitation center.

October 14, 2021 at 4:52 p.m.

Fellow police officers and community members alike gathered Thursday to celebrate and offer well wishes as Officer Carlos Yanez was released from the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, more than two months...

Dean Angelo, former president of the Fraternal Order of Police, on Nov. 8, 2016.

Dean Angelo Sr., former FOP president, dies after COVID-19 hospitalization

October 13, 2021 at 6:19 p.m.

Former Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Dean Angelo Sr. died Tuesday after a weekslong battle with COVID-19, for which he was hospitalized in late September. He was 67. Angelo...

Berwyn man held without bail on West Garfield Park attempted murder charge

October 12, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.

A Cook County judge ordered a Berwyn man held without bail Tuesday on a charge of attempted first-degree murder. Johnny Allen, 22,is accused in a shooting that occurred on the...

Maritza Garcia, of Chicago, a member of the Choctaw tribe from Mississippi, performs a jingle dance in Chicago's Potawatomi Park on Oct. 11, 2021. Garcia said the dance originated from the Ojibwa tribe and is a dance of healing.

Activists rally to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Italian American group doesn’t want ‘one-sided narrative.’

October 11, 2021 at 7:03 p.m.

Over 50 people gathered in protest and celebration Monday morning on the Far North Side as politicians and activists spoke to denounce Columbus Day and lift up Indigenous Peoples Day...

On your mark, get set, hydrate: With temps expected much higher than normal Sunday, Chicago Marathon runners will need to be careful

October 7, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

After the 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon was canceled because of the pandemic, many runners looked ahead to the 2021 race. But runners should beware of intense heat this...

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