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The AEPi fraternity house near the University of Chicago campus, Oct. 12, 2026, where an alleged sexual assault was reported at a weekend party. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Sexual assault reported at University of Chicago off-campus party, officials say

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

October 12, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

The victim reported the assault at 2:10 a.m., roughly 30 minutes after it occurred, and...

Will County government offices in Joliet (Daily Southtown file photo)

Will County District 5 candidates talk solar farms, Des Plaines River bridge

By Michelle Mullins

October 12, 2026 at 10:49 a.m.

Democrats Sherry Williams and Karen Johnson face Republicans Dave Oxley and James “JJ” Balonek in...

Republican Trevor De Vries and Democrat Scott Houldieson face off for District 1 Indiana State Senate seat

By Maya Wilkins

October 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Two political newcomers, Republican Trevor De Vries and Democrat Scott Houldieson, are both hoping to...

Oak Park police vehicles sit near the village's fire department. A 71-year-old woman was fatally hit by a concrete truck nearby at the intersection of North Boulevard and Euclid Avenue earlier on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Woman fatally hit by concrete truck in Oak Park: officials

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 23, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

A 71-year-old Oak Park resident was fatally struck by a cement truck Wednesday morning near...

Driver’s pass a automatic license plate reader in the 800 block of North 8th Street in West Dundee on Sept. 2, 2026. An internal investigation found that a Naperville police officer improperly used Flock technology to track people. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)

Naperville police officer used Flock technology for stalking, records show

By Carolyn Stein

September 24, 2026 at 9:42 a.m.

A Naperville police officer used Flock Safety license plate reader technology to track a girlfriend...

Cook County Commissioner Alma Anaya speaks during a press conference regarding Medicaid along with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Sept. 23, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Cook County leaders warn of ‘devastation’ with 100 days to go before Medicaid work requirements take effect

By Lisa Schencker

September 23, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Cook County leaders and health officials sounded the alarm Wednesday, warning that changes in the...

White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper watches as Chris Sale works on the mound in the first inning against the Royals on Sept. 27, 2013, at U.S. Cellular Field. (Chris Sweda/ baiduhai)

Don Cooper, the longtime Chicago White Sox pitching coach who oversaw the 2005 championship staff, dies at 70

By LaMond Pope

September 23, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

Under Don Cooper's guidance, Chicago White Sox pitchers put together a run for the ages...

This undated photo provided by Grail Inc. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, shows an employee scanning a Galleri cancer screening test. (Grail Inc. via AP)

Grail’s cancer blood test faces high-stakes FDA review

By Matthew Perrone

September 23, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

A blood test designed to spot signs of multiple cancers in apparently healthy people faces...

Rosemarie Gomez, 99, center, with her nieces Kathleen Linsey Gabrielson, left, and Renee Spain, right, during an honorary street naming in East Chicago at 138th and Grand on July 25, 2025. Gomez, the city’s first Hispanic councilwoman, died Saturday at age 100. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

East Chicago’s first Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100

By Doug Ross

September 23, 2026 at 3:52 p.m.

Rosemarie Gomez, who died Saturday at age 100, is remembered as the first Hispanic woman...

Keana Shatteen, of Lynwood, who is facilitating an emotional literacy program at Gen. George S. Patton School in Riverdale, holds her book "Healing Out Loud," a memoir of her own struggle with depression, a suicide attempt, and not knowing how to talk about her feelings. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Emotional literacy program in Riverdale gives students tools to ‘relate to their emotions’

By Janice Neumann

September 23, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Keana Shatteen is helping girls at Gen. George S. Patton School in Riverdale channel their...

Merrillville residents Dorothea Collins, 54, and her husband, Kenneth Collins, 50, discuss the damage their home sustained in the Aug. 11 derecho. The couple attended a one-stop shop hosted by state and federal officials to help residents access disaster assistance at the United Steel Workers 1014 in Gary on Sept. 23, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Northwest Indiana residents receive storm assistance at Gary ‘one-stop shop’

By Maya Wilkins

September 26, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

Federal and state resources were made available to Northwest Indiana residents affected by the Aug....

Ricardo Camarena lifts his neighbor Rayshawn Hackey, 6, while playing on the roots of a tree outside their homes on 26th Ave in Gary, Indiana on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The tree was toppled during the Aug. 11 storm that swept through Northwest Indiana. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

NWI leaders react to IURC’s confirmed NIPSCO investigation

By Doug Ross

September 23, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

In a Tuesday filing, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission announced its investigation into NIPSCO will...

Reginald Henderson hugs supporters as he departs after a hearing on a petition for certificates of innocence from the Cook County state’s attorney for him and his brother, Sean Tyler, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on March 16, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Cook County settles Burge and scooter crash cases, defers jail monitoring proposal

By A.D. Quig

September 23, 2026 at 6:37 p.m.

Cook County’s finance committee approved a settlement Wednesday for a victim of a coerced confession...