Zach Harris

A Chicago police detective makes a phone call at a crime scene at West 79th Street and South Justine Street in Chicago after five people were shot and wounded there on July 14, 2021.

5 people shot Wednesday afternoon in Gresham in second mass shooting of the day. 5 others shot in West Garfield Park after midnight.

July 14, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.

Five people were shot in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side Wednesday afternoon in Chicago's second mass shooting of the day, officials said. Three were in critical condition after...

The S.Y.B.s play the Woodridge Knights in the March of Dimes Snowball 16-inch softball tournament in Lincoln Park on Jan. 28, 1984.

Chicago Park District 16-inch coed softball tournament to return after 10-year hiatus. The game ‘is part of the DNA’ of the city.

July 14, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.

The Chicago Park District this summer will resume its annual coed adult 16-inch softball tournament after a 10-year hiatus. "(Sixteen-inch), in my opinion, is part of the DNA of Chicago,"...

Five facts about 16-inch softball

July 14, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

1. Mike Royko loved 16-inch. The famous Chicago columnist was the manager of the Chicago Daily News's team, which played in a media league against other newspapers and some television...

A sign cautions kayakers, boaters and other visitors about the dam ahead and the dangerous undertow as workers use excavators to dismantle the Hammel Woods Dam on the east side of the DuPage River in Shorewood on Aug. 4, 2021.

A ‘drowning machine’? Removal of Hammel Woods Dam in Will County set to begin Monday

August 12, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

The removal process of the dangerous and environmentally unfriendly Hammel Woods Dam on the DuPage River in Shorewood where two people drowned in 2019, will begin Monday. "Low-head" dams such...

Mount Prospect cop will continue as school resource officer after initially being reassigned over ‘thin blue line’ controversy

July 2, 2021 at 4:47 p.m.

A veteran Mount Prospect police officer who had been removed as resource officer at Prospect High School after defending the police department's use of the "thin blue line" flag in...

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5 people shot Wednesday afternoon in Gresham in second mass shooting of the day. 5 others shot in West Garfield Park after midnight.

Chicago Park District 16-inch coed softball tournament to return after 10-year hiatus. The game ‘is part of the DNA’ of the city.

Five facts about 16-inch softball

A ‘drowning machine’? Removal of Hammel Woods Dam in Will County set to begin Monday

Mount Prospect cop will continue as school resource officer after initially being reassigned over ‘thin blue line’ controversy

July 4 weekend travel in Illinois expected to surge as pandemic slows

President of Loyola Academy to become pastor at Old St. Patrick’s parish in 2022, archdiocese announces

State to partner with Red Cross, local agencies to provide tornado relief information in DuPage County

Columbia College deletes listing for housekeeper in president’s house after union members apply