Chicago embraced Jimmy Buffett long before ‘Margaritaville’
Years before "Margaritaville" established Jimmy Buffett as a bard of the tropical beaches, the singer-songwriter was a folk club regular in a city lapped by the waves of chilly Lake [...]
Sox fans left with questions about shooting
A night after two people were wounded by gunfire inside Guaranteed Rate Field as the White Sox faced the Oakland Athletics, fans were left with many questions about the shooting [...]
State’s top Democrats gather for Governor’s Day at fair
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday told the state's largest annual gathering of Illinois Democrats that "Republicans demagogue, Democrats deliver" as U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin warned that the latest [...]
Chicago mayor makes pick for top cop
Larry Snelling, the Chicago Police Department's 54-year-old counterterrorism chief, is Mayor Brandon Johnson's choice to be the city's new top cop. Determined to improve rock-bottom police morale, Johnson chose the [...]
Madigan was ‘different from any other politician I’ve seen,’ FBI agen…
Brendan O'Leary spent more than two decades working for the FBI -- most of it in Chicago, and most of it investigating public corruption. But when it came to Illinois' [...]
Contractor dies after medical emergency at race site
A 53-year-old man died after suffering a medical emergency at the NASCAR Chicago Street Race site Friday morning. The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. on the 500 block of South [...]