Stunt goes wrong
Jarvis Williams dashed forward in the red-and-white uniform familiar to anyone who's seen the Jesse White tumblers defy gravity. Going last in a line of acrobats during the parade in...
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Police seize knockoff Nikes, shop owner
Knock three times, buy cheap — and fake — Nikes. That's the scam a shop owner was running out of a women's boutique in the South Loop, police said Saturday....
Fire destroys Pilsen apartment, injuring two
Residents of a three-story brick apartment building in Pilsen watched Saturday morning as flames erased all they owned. "There goes my apartment," said third-floor resident Veronica Barrios, wiping away a...
Obama uses Racine speech to criticize Republicans
Speaking in a southeast Wisconsin city hard hit by the recession, President Barack Obama on Wednesday touted economic gains made since he took office and chastised congressional Republicans for standing...
Elderly Highland Park woman’s death ruled homicide
An 85-year-old woman's death was ruled a homicide Friday after an autopsy showed she died of cerebral injuries, blunt head trauma and assault, officials said. Thelma DePalma of the 1600...
Rain wreaks rush-hour havoc
Tony Schor pulled into the parking lot at his Deerfield office Thursday morning behind a flatbed truck carrying two kayaks. "For anybody with a kayak, this wasn't such a bad...
4,050 weapons off the streets
There were shiny six-shooter revolvers, polished wooden rifles, semiautomatic handguns, pistols, rifles and even two hand grenades. In a citywide effort Saturday to try to curb the violence on Chicago...
4,050 weapons off the streets
There were shiny six-shooter revolvers, polished wooden rifles, semiautomatic handguns, pistols, rifles and even two hand grenades. In a citywide effort Saturday to try to curb the violence on Chicago...
Trial date to be set McHenry County cold case
William Carrick could easily walk to Val's Foods from his home across the street, but he hasn't done so in seven years, not since his son Brian disappeared from the...
Streamwood cop charged in motorist’s beating
As Ronald Bell crouched on his hands and knees on his driveway, the Streamwood police officer started whaling away with his metal baton, striking Bell on his back. Bell tried...