Ted Gregory

Several hundred Barrington High School students, including a dozen gun rights counterprotesters, peacefully gather in Memorial Park during a walkout on March 14, 2018, in Barrington.

‘A badge of honor’: Some Chicago-area students are getting disciplined for walking out to protest gun violence

May 11, 2019 at 10:29 a.m.

An estimated 1,100 students at Downers Grove North and South high schools will serve one hour of detention for walking out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence, a walkout...

Bellwood man gets 65-year prison sentence for killing off-duty Cook County sheriff’s investigator

May 23, 2019 at 5:38 a.m.

A Bellwood man who murdered an off-duty Cook County sheriff’s investigator outside a Christmas party at a VFW hall in 2013 was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison. Judge...

Two children who went missing after mom was slain in Markham are found safe, police said

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

Nearly two days of heartbreak and anxiety ended with a measure of relief Thursday afternoon, when two toddlers who went missing in the south suburbs after their mother was fatally...

Loyola University's former mascot "Bo Rambler" makes an appearance on the court in 1989.

Loyola’s hobo mascot was a bum. With the Ramblers tournament-bound, some fans want Bo back

May 23, 2019 at 5:37 a.m.

Loyola University often points out that it’s the only college in the U.S. whose athletes are known as the Ramblers. Just as unique, if a little less promoted, is that...

Conant High School student killed in crash had been recognized for heroism in 2013 river rescue

May 31, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

A Schaumburg-area teenager cited for heroism in a river rescue five years ago was killed Sunday night when the vehicle he was driving struck a utility pole and he was...

2 arrested after gun is allegedly pulled during dispute over service at Crystal Lake car dealership

May 31, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Two men have been charged after a service dispute at a Crystal Lake car dealership prompted one of them to allegedly point a handgun at employees, police said. Djordje Maretic...

The 121-year-old Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis., will close in October, the University of Chicago has announced.

U. of C.’s Yerkes Observatory on Geneva Lake to close after 120-plus years, eclipsed by bigger telescopes

May 23, 2019 at 5:36 a.m.

Known as the birthplace of modern astrophysics, the 121-year-old Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis., will close in October, the University of Chicago has announced. “Unfortunately, operating Yerkes no longer...

After a bomb threat at their school, Niles North students were transferred to Niles West High School, pictured, Feb. 21, 2018. Police said Thursday that the threat was not credible.

As schools cope with safety threats since Fla. shooting, parents and leaders try to balance concern with calm

December 14, 2018 at 8:30 p.m.

Early last week, officials in Lake County announced charges against two Mundelein High School students in connection with a threatening Snapchat post that included a photo of a handgun. Next...

Loyola's Marques Townes holds the championship trophy after his team beat Illinois State to win the championship of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Fans ecstatic as Loyola locks up 1st March Madness appearance in 33 years

May 31, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

The hooting started with about 1:25 left in the Loyola-Illinois State game. That’s when four alums of Loyola University Chicago’s pep band, watching the Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship on...

Birds fly over a hill, the south face of which was restored from strip coal mining at Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area on Feb. 27, 2018, in Morris, Ill.

Should we let Mother Nature fix the ecosystem? NIU study says restoration work has mixed results, rarely succeeds fully

December 15, 2018 at 4:41 a.m.

Aggressive efforts to restore ecosystems might not result in faster or more complete rehabilitation than simply ending the environmental disturbances that created the damage in the first place, according to...

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