Eliza Fawcett

The Rev. Michael Enright presides over the 10 a.m. Mass at St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on June 26, 2016. The Chicago Academy of Music is interested in purchasing the church and renovating it into a music conservatory.

‘Why are you throwing away our legacy?’ St. Adalbert parishioners struggle with impending closure

July 8, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

As St. Adalbert Church's final Mass nears, congregants are banking on legal recourse and prayer in desperate attempts to halt the Archdiocese of Chicago's decision to close their sanctuary. The...

Body recovered from Sherman Park Lagoon

July 6, 2019 at 6:58 p.m.

The body of a Hispanic man, estimated to be 35 to 40 years old, was recovered from the Sherman Park Lagoon on Friday morning, Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Jessica Rocco...

Dr. Kay Macleod, right, a University of Chicago researcher who investigates the role of mitochondria in the spread of cancer, in her lab July 2, 2019.

‘We want to give money directly to research’: Softball tournament propels search for cure for breast cancer

July 5, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

Logan Poole, a 27-year-old Ph.D. candidate, opened the cover of a large white centrifuge, inserted tubes of samples, and set the machine spinning. Poole is a researcher in Dr. Kay...

‘We see meats of all kinds’: U.S. customs agents say seizure of African rodent meat at O’Hare not outlandish

July 3, 2019 at 11:23 p.m.

As unusual as a man arriving at O'Hare International Airport from Ivory Coast with 32 pounds of rat meat might seem, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said Wednesday...

Two luxury wooden boats made Van Dam Custom Boats are shown at a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, residence on July 1, 2019. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was issued a warning for speeding in boat called the Don Don, right, by Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency on June 7.

Gov. Pritzker’s speedboats among most expensive on Geneva Lake

July 2, 2019 at 2:02 p.m.

When Gov. J.B. Pritzker was caught speeding on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin last month, he was driving a sleek, custom-built wooden speedboat that's among the most expensive on the lake....

Clouds move southeast over the Roscoe Village and Lakeview neighborhoods before a rainstorm June 27, 2019, in Chicago.

(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Weather service: Thunderstorms threaten Chicago Friday evening, Northerly Island evacuated, Chicago’s North Side neighborhoods risk flooding

June 29, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

More thunderstorms rolled into the Chicago area Friday evening, which forced concertgoers at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island to temporarily evacuate the venue and threatened to flood many neighborhoods...

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‘Why are you throwing away our legacy?’ St. Adalbert parishioners struggle with impending closure

Body recovered from Sherman Park Lagoon

‘We want to give money directly to research’: Softball tournament propels search for cure for breast cancer

‘We see meats of all kinds’: U.S. customs agents say seizure of African rodent meat at O’Hare not outlandish

Gov. Pritzker’s speedboats among most expensive on Geneva Lake

Weather service: Thunderstorms threaten Chicago Friday evening, Northerly Island evacuated, Chicago’s North Side neighborhoods risk flooding

Boy, 9, dies after being pinned under ATV in Morris

Family of 2-year-old boy beaten to death files wrongful death lawsuit against social services company and caseworker

Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued warning for speeding on Wisconsin lake

Van driver sought by police after Michigan woman killed in crash on Dan Ryan