Much-loved NW side bakery destroyed in fire
It took Chicago firefighters nearly four hours to fight a blaze that destroyed the Pasieka Bakery in the Polish community of Avondale earlier in the morning, requiring them to tear...
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Ex-child actor finds man dead in Gold Coast hotel room
A 45-year-old man who worked in the film industry in Los Angeles was found dead over the weekend in a downtown Chicago hotel room, authorities and police sources said. John...
Ex-child actor finds man dead in Gold Coast hotel room
A 45-year-old man who worked in the film industry in Los Angeles was found dead over the weekend in a downtown Chicago hotel room, authorities and police sources said. John...
SUV tumbles into sinkhole on Northwest Side
A man driving to work this morning on Chicago's Northwest Side got an unpleasant surprise when his SUV tumbled into a sinkhole. The incident happened at the intersection of Foster...
SUV tumbles into sinkhole on Northwest Side
A man driving to work this morning on Chicago's Northwest Side got an unpleasant surprise when his SUV tumbled into a sinkhole. The incident happened at the intersection of Foster...
Whittier parents picket to block library construction
The heated debate over Whittier Elementary School's plans for a new library continued today with several dozen protesters forcing a delay on the project's start for a second consecutive day.About...
2 Chicago cops under investigation for alleged on-duty sex assault
Two Chicago police officers are under criminal investigation amid explosive allegations they played strip poker with a young woman and sexually assaulted her in her Far North Side apartment while...
Southeast Side 7-Eleven abuzz about Lotto winner
If Irvin Przyborski hadn't prepared his tax returns a little early this year, a $9 million winning Lotto ticket would have gone unclaimed. A year ago, Przyborski was putting his...
Radioactive leak scare at O’Hare
A report of a radioactive leak at an O'Hare International Airport cargo building prompted a Level 2 hazardous materials response which within minutes proved unfounded, officials said. --Staff report
Man offers to return Marine’s personal items
Not since his days as a Marine in combat in Iraq has Matthew Winters Jr. felt a call of duty like the one he embarked on Tuesday, trying to recover...