Marie Fazio

Katherine Donnelly voices anger over a shooting by a security guard outside Bluelight, a bar on Western Avenue. She was speaking during a community meeting with Chicago police on Nov. 19, 2019, at the Area North police station on Belmont Avenue.

‘Self-defense?’ Family wants to know why guard was cleared of fatal shooting in Roscoe Village when no gun was found

January 14, 2020 at 1:07 p.m.

Sandra Dingillo wiped away tears as she sat at a rest stop off the Tri-State Tollway. A few feet away, her 4-year-old grandson quietly ate a doughnut and watched the...

Jason Synoga, 23, gets a kiss from his mother Charlene Synoga, 52, as personal support worker Breanna Hart walks with him at home in Chicago on Dec. 19, 2019.

Even with a court order, families struggle to find services for developmentally disabled adults: ‘We have great programs, you just can’t get into them.’

January 9, 2020 at 12:56 p.m.

Charlene Synoga has spent the past year searching in vain for someone to help her 23-year-old son Jason. Nonverbal and on the severe end of the autism spectrum, Jason needs...

Mitchell Robins begins a rough draft of a blog post about a wart that the teen recently got removed from his hand.

17-year-old Highland Park boy with nonverbal autism blogs to reach others like him: ‘People need to stop underestimating us’

January 6, 2020 at 1:26 p.m.

A few years ago, Mitchell Robins wasn't able to tell anyone precisely what he was thinking. He lost the ability to speak when he was 4 and relied primarily on...

The high-rise in the 7200 block of South Shore Drive, the scene of an apparent murder-suicide attempt that left dead two children in Chicago on Jan. 2, 2020.

Mother faces two first-degree murder charges after two boys died of assault and fall from height from South Shore high-rise, officials say

January 4, 2020 at 4:32 a.m.

A 20-year-old woman is facing two first-degree murder charges in the deaths of her two young boys who were found Thursday morning in an apparent murder-attempted suicide. Police say Aleah...

United Methodist Church Bishop Sally Dyck, who oversees 370 churches in the northern third of the state, is seen in her office on West Washington Street in Chicago on Jan. 3, 2020.

United Methodist churches that oppose gay marriage and clergy will break away, form new religious group: ‘We came to an impasse that can’t be bridged’

January 6, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.

The United Methodist Church — one of the largest religious denominations in the United States — announced Friday that it is expected to split up over long-standing disagreements about LGBTQ...

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‘Self-defense?’ Family wants to know why guard was cleared of fatal shooting in Roscoe Village when no gun was found

Even with a court order, families struggle to find services for developmentally disabled adults: ‘We have great programs, you just can’t get into them.’

17-year-old Highland Park boy with nonverbal autism blogs to reach others like him: ‘People need to stop underestimating us’

Mother faces two first-degree murder charges after two boys died of assault and fall from height from South Shore high-rise, officials say

United Methodist churches that oppose gay marriage and clergy will break away, form new religious group: ‘We came to an impasse that can’t be bridged’

3 in custody, charges pending after woman, 24, robbed on Red Line train downtown

South Side couple who met in elementary school is first wed by Cook County clerk in 2020

Dogs meet Santa, volunteers spread holiday cheer on Christmas Eve: ‘They’ve all been very good dogs’

Light snow creates treacherous conditions: School bus hits ice and collides with CTA bus

Family of man who died while being detained by Jewel Osco security in Lakeview East files wrongful death lawsuit