Dan Simmons

Slain woman’s daughter ‘missing and endangered,’ police say

August 23, 2021 at 2:46 a.m.

With a nationwide search under way Friday, police said a Vernon Hills woman "may be at risk" as authorities look for her and her boyfriend in connection with the beating...

No stoplight, sign or crosswalk at fatal Pilsen intersection

August 23, 2021 at 1:42 a.m.

Family and friends on Saturday mourned the death of a 6-year-old Pilsen boy hit by a truck at an intersection many called the neighborhood's most dangerous. Kevin Vazquez was walking...

No stoplight, sign or crosswalk at fatal Pilsen intersection

August 22, 2019 at 10:03 a.m.

Family and friends on Saturday mourned the death of a 6-year-old Pilsen boy hit by a truck at an intersection many called the neighborhood's most dangerous. Kevin Vazquez was walking...

Bail set at $3 million in Schaumburg hotel slaying

August 23, 2021 at 1:41 a.m.

An Elgin woman sobbed in court Wednesday as prosecutors charged her with murder in a botched hotel room robbery in Schaumburg that left her boyfriend dead and another man critically...

Cabbies working longer hours and facing increased risks, experts say

August 23, 2021 at 1:39 a.m.

Cabdriver Salih Abdelsamie felt the steel blade pressed against his throat early one morning at the end of a ride on the city's North Side. "He reached the knife around...

Kirby Puckett’s birthday sparks memories of childhood worship, a hero’s fall from grace

August 23, 2021 at 1:41 a.m.

I met Kirby Puckett in person once, at a baseball card shop in St. Paul. I was a third-grader at St. Rose of Lima, he a rookie center fielder with...

Young mother denied bail in infant daughter’s death

August 23, 2021 at 1:41 a.m.

A young mother accused of killing her infant daughter in their Far Southeast Side home last summer fought back tears Saturday after a Cook County judge denied bail. Vanessa Urbina,...

Casino tells Des Plaines it can bet on a green rating

August 23, 2021 at 1:28 a.m.

A new $1 billion casino in Des Plaines could be open by September 2011 and rolling in green — and not just cold hard cash. The casino could be the...

A little extra care

August 23, 2021 at 1:20 a.m.

Bill and Marcia Stlaske's first pangs of fear coincided with her labor pains. Stlaske, 31, had given birth to two early-but-healthy sons, but their third, Tyler, was on the way...

Stevenson paper’s editors resign

August 23, 2021 at 12:48 a.m.

Ever since he started at Stevenson High School, senior Evan Ribot has gone to the journalism room nearly every day, working his way up through the ranks of the nationally...

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