Kristen Schorsch

Police question if school sex-abuse allegation was reported

August 23, 2021 at 5:11 a.m.

South suburban police are investigating if a developmentally disabled student's allegation of sexual abuse by another student at Stagg High School was not reported by a school staffer to police...

Contract for Dolton mayor’s daughter sets off firestorm

August 23, 2021 at 5:06 a.m.

A proposal to award a million-dollar deal to a south suburban mayor's daughter prompted a trustee boycott and accusations of secrecy, but a revised contract was pushed through Monday night....

Drivers stuck in blizzard left to deal with abandonment issues

August 23, 2021 at 4:54 a.m.

The nearly 1,000 motorists forced to abandon their cars on Lake Shore Drive woke up to a bit of much-needed good news Wednesday when they learned their cars had likely...

Squeaky supporters grease way for Tin Man’s return

August 23, 2021 at 4:52 a.m.

The iconic, beloved Tin Man in south suburban Oak Forest, ordered down from its rooftop home nearly four years ago, has been given the thumbs up to return. "I've never...

Closure in case of missing woman

August 23, 2021 at 4:43 a.m.

For nearly a month, residents in the tiny town of Ransom have speculated about the disappearance of Tanya Shannon. Early on the morning of Dec. 5, with temperatures in the...

Fatal robbery may be linked to ‘honeybee’ shootings, sources say

August 23, 2021 at 4:36 a.m.

Will County sheriff's police are looking closely at a would-be robber killed Saturday as the "honeybee gunman" suspect in an October shooting spree that killed one and wounded two others...

Woman disappears from car crash that kills husband

August 23, 2021 at 4:34 a.m.

A woman apparently walked away from a car crash in LaSalle County that killed her husband early Sunday, then vanished amid the snowy fields. About 50 people, two dogs and...

Margaret Burroughs: Co-founder of DuSable Museum and prominent artist

May 13, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

Margaret Burroughs, an artist, teacher and longtime Chicago Park District commissioner, started the nationally recognized DuSable Museum of African American History in the living room of her South Side home...

After Oak Lawn bridal shop fire, panic and kindness

August 23, 2021 at 4:27 a.m.

Casey Aulisa's dream wedding dress, a vintage ivory "princess ball gown" lined with lace, diamonds and pearls, took a year to make and several extensive alterations before it was ready...

Dr. Richard Roland Grayson, 1925-2010

May 13, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

Dr. Richard Roland Grayson was a gregarious internist whose interests and talents extended beyond medicine to amateur radio, genealogy and flight. And this year, Dr. Grayson still was seeing a...

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