Wonder Lake man pleads guilty to attempted predatory criminal sexual assault...
In a negotiated deal with Lake County prosecutors, John Kline, 74, entered the plea in a case dating back to 2014 based on an alleged incident with a 7-year-old girl that took place in Round Lake.
View ArticleChicago’s warm weather ties record, but wind, thunderstorms threaten to...
Unusually warm days may be short-lived in Chicago, with gusty winds, scattered showers and a cold front moving in by Friday.
View ArticleBribery charge retrial pits government, former Portage mayor: James Snyder...
Jackie Bennett, Snyder’s attorney, said the allegation against Snyder “is absolutely, positively and unequivocally false.” He called the prosecution’s case a “conspiracy theory” and that “all the...
View ArticleThe Spin: Duckworth announces reelection bid; Pritzker, Lightfoot welcome...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleHomeless man convicted in death of off-duty Chicago cop sentenced to 65 years...
Man convicted in 2019 death of off-duty officer sentenced to 65 years.
View ArticleDes Plaines Fire Department releases investigation report from fire that...
According to the report, video surveillance shows that the fire started several minutes before the first 911 call was logged.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Half of residents 65 and up have received at...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleUnited Center opens as COVID-19 mass vaccination site despite early...
The United Center mass vaccination site opened Tuesday morning after a one-hour delay in starting appointments led to more than a hundred people waiting on the sidewalks.
View ArticleRoger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93
CBS News says Mudd died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia.
View ArticleDaywatch: What we’ve learned about COVID-19, United Center opens despite...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article3 Gary teens charged in July shooting death of 16-year-old boy who was...
Three Gary teens face murder charges after a boy, 16, was fatally shot in the head while helping his mother move on July 5.
View ArticleHomewood says no to rezoning Calumet Country Club, but developer vows to...
Homewood officially said no to a rezoning of the Calumet Country Club that would have opened the door for a redevelopment plan calling for a logistics park at the site.
View ArticleWisconsin woman convicted as teen in Slender Man stabbing case to seek...
Anissa Weier, now 19, is expected to present testimony from mental health experts showing she’s ready to be released from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh.
View ArticleSally Atwater, wife of late GOP strategist, dies at 69
Sally Atwater, wife of the late GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee chairman Lee Atwater, died Tuesday, according to her family and party officials across South Carolina.
View ArticleRoger Vonlanthen, Swiss player in World Cup epic, dies at 89
Roger Vonlanthen, the last surviving member of the Switzerland team that in 1954 played in the highest-scoring World Cup match, has died.
View ArticleColumn: I love the idea of a Target in Water Tower Place. What’s...
Treasurer Maria Pappas called Target taking over Macy's "embarrassing." What’s embarrassing about an affordable store in a sea of high-end retailers?
View ArticleColumn: A Target on the Magnificent Mile? How embarrassing. What’s next?...
A Target in Water Tower Place on Chicago's Magnificent Mile? How embarrassing. What will come next? Tourists?!?
View ArticleObama Presidential Center officials commit to hiring 35% of construction...
he Obama Foundation announced Wednesday that more than a third of its construction hires for the upcoming presidential center will hail from South and West side neighborhoods as part of a drive to give...
View ArticleWGN-TV meteorologist Mike Hamernik dies from lung cancer at 60: ‘He was never...
Mike Hamernik, the WGN-TV weekend morning meteorologist, 60, died Wednesday from lung cancer. His sister said on Twitter that he died at home “surrounded by love and at peace.”
View ArticleKyle Rittenhouse to face November trial for fatally shooting two men and...
Kyle Rittenhouse to face November trial for fatally shooting two men and wounding another at Kenosha protest
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