Angela Caputo

Billions lost, millions wasted: Why Chicago area residents pay for water that never reaches their taps

December 18, 2018 at 2:24 a.m.

Part 2: BILLIONS LOST, MILLIONS WASTED: Why Chicago area residents pay millions for water that never reaches their taps More than 25 billion gallons of water drawn from Lake Michigan...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

Obama Foundation ramped up fundraising in 2016

May 23, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

Fundraising for the Obama Foundation began to ramp up in 2016, with donations totaling more than $13 million, the most since it was founded in 2014, according to tax records...

Obama Presidential Center breaks from National Archives model

May 23, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

From Boston's John F. Kennedy Library to Southern California's tribute to Ronald Reagan, America's 13 major presidential libraries get about $65 million a year from the federal government. That opens...

Obamas unveil design of presidential center in Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

Barack and Michelle Obama on Wednesday offered the first look at the design of the planned Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park — a campus of three buildings highlighted by...

Eleanor Sims, 19, and Mrs. (Florence) Willard T. Orr, 25, at the South Shore Country Club in June 1932. "Tonight there will be a fashion show also with members of the club as mannequins, including Mrs. Willard T. Orr and Miss Eleanor Sims," the Tribune reported that June 8.

South Shore, once thriving, struggles amid economic erosion and crime

May 23, 2019 at 4:22 a.m.

For Jennifer and Jason Parks, the serene block of tidy bungalows and three-flats in the heart of South Shore was the perfect place to buy their first house in 2013....

School board president Marilyn Thurman sits during the Bellwood school district board meeting in Bellwood, Ill., on Monday, June 20, 2016.

Challengers who pledged to reform Bellwood school board’s spending gain majority

June 5, 2018 at 1:09 p.m.

A shakeup is likely in store for west suburban Bellwood School District 88. Voters on Tuesday elected a slate of candidates who pledged to reform the beleaguered district, which has...

Fight over Bellwood school board turns nasty

May 23, 2019 at 4:16 a.m.

With election day less than a week away, the battle over control of a cash-strapped west suburban grade school district has erupted into open hostilities. Name-calling and charges of corruption...

A view of the low-rise and high-rise buildings at Parkway Gardens on Feb. 22, 2017.

Violence endures at Parkway Gardens, even with a deep-pocketed owner

May 23, 2019 at 4:07 a.m.

At a worn-out playground in the Parkway Gardens low-income housing complex, Mykita Stadium, a high school student, kept a close eye on her 4-year-old sister as she played in the...

Washington Park may need more bike lanes as it may be one of the areas that could undergo redevelopment because of the Obama library coming to Chicago.

Woodlawn sees another chance at revival in Obama library

May 23, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

Like his charismatic father before him, the Rev. Byron Brazier, pastor of the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn, knows how to pack the house and work the crowd. More...

Retired Chicago police Officer Richard DeFelice, at home among some of his commendations, was ordered to pay $250,000 in an excessive force lawsuit. He ended up responsible for $90,000.

After juries punish officers, the penalties are often negotiated away

May 23, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

After William Hope Jr. was killed during an altercation with two Chicago police officers in 2010, a jury sent the Police Department a stern message, awarding the man's family $4.5...

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