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The mother of Brian Urlacher's 12-year-old son has filed a $125 million defamation lawsuit against the former Bears linebacker.

Mother of Brian Urlacher’s son files $125 million defamation lawsuit against former Bears star

May 23, 2019 at 5:25 a.m.

The mother of Brian Urlacher’s 12-year-old son has filed a $125 million defamation lawsuit alleging the former Bears star conspired with his attorneys and a newspaper reporter to portray her...

Tierney Darden, second from left, is joined by her parents Trudy Darden, far left and father David Darden, at the Alise hotel Thursday Aug. 24, 2017, attending a news conference with attorney Patrick Salvi, seated at center.

City agrees to pay $115 million to dancer paralyzed in bus shelter collapse at O’Hare

December 15, 2018 at 6:39 a.m.

A young dancer left partially paralyzed when a shelter at O’Hare International Airport collapsed on her has received a record $115 million settlement from Chicago and its insurer, her attorney...

A federal judge has ordered Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown to provide the public with instant access to electronically filed cases within 30 days.

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown ordered to improve public access to electronic records

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 a.m.

A federal judge on Monday ordered Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown to provide media outlets with immediate access to electronically filed civil lawsuits, giving the clerk 30 days...

Snow drifting from Harold Washington Library falls on passing pedestrians Dec. 30, 2017.

City takes landlords to court over lack of heat during cold snap

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 a.m.

For years, LaShauna Wilcoxon’s relatives had lived at Clara’s Place, a nonprofit shelter for abused or homeless women in West Englewood. But after years of financial struggles and allegations of...

Janae Davis is the Chicago area's first baby born in 2018. She's with her Oak Lawn family -- Jeremy Davis and Dana Brown and her sister Jayda, 6 -- at the Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on Jan. 1, 2018. Janae was born at 12:08 a.m.

Meet Chicago’s first babies of 2018

December 15, 2018 at 4:53 a.m.

Longtime couple Jeremy Davis and Dana Brown, both 30, had planned to throw a New Year’s Eve party for family and friends at their Oak Lawn home Sunday night, but...

A Cubs fan alleges in a lawsuit that the Cubs owners' $750 million renovation of Wrigley Field, shown Oct. 28, 2016, removed wheelchair-accessible sections in the right field bleachers and behind home plate and replaced them with seats that are worse.

Cubs fan who uses wheelchair sues, says Wrigley Field violates disabilities act

May 23, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

A 20-year-old Cubs fan who uses a wheelchair is alleging in a lawsuit that Wrigley Field renovations have eliminated or excluded some handicapped-accessible seating at the stadium in violation of...

Robert E. Smith reminisces about his sister, Mary "Goldie" Smith, who was murdered in 1989. A man was tried and convicted for her murder, but the conviction recently was overturned on appeal.

Family grieves after appeals court tosses conviction in Englewood woman’s 1989 slaying

May 31, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

Growing up in Englewood in the 1960s, Robert E. Smith and his sister Mary “Goldie” Smith were about as close as brother and sister could be, protecting each other on...

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, pictured on Aug. 24, 2017, received extra time from the Illinois Supreme Court to meet a statewide requirement calling for almost all new civil cases to be filed electronically.

Illinois Supreme Court grants Dorothy Brown’s request to delay e-filing in Cook County

May 15, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Days after announcing her office couldn’t meet a statewide deadline to end paper filings in lawsuits and other civil cases, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown on Friday won...

Oak Park girl taken by mom during court-supervised visit found safe in Michigan hotel

May 8, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

A 6-year-old Oak Park girl who police say was taken by her mother from an Oak Park restaurant Saturday during a court-supervised visit has been found safe in a Farmington...

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown attends a bill signing at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center on Aug. 24, 2017.

Cook County court clerk asks to push back e-filing deadline a full year

May 15, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Less than a month after saying her office was ready for a looming statewide deadline to end paper filings in lawsuits and other civil cases, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk...

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