Новости за 17.04.2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday again highlighted his push to open up the Chicago River to recreation, giving a campaign-style speech in which he briefly mentioned his vision for more improvements to the popular downtown Riverwalk.

Wrigley Field appears to get a speedy makeover in a time-lapse video released Monday by EarthCam.

Developers on Monday unveiled plans for Chicago’s second-tallest skyscraper, a tapering shaft of metal and glass that would soar above historic Tribune Tower, resemble the top of Batman’s black mask and be only 29 feet shorter than Willis Tower.

Tinley Park resident Donna Mason and her son Terrence have a special bond that goes beyond the relationship shared by most mothers and sons.

The election results of the March primary are official, but the names that will appear on the ballot in November are not yet definite.

Weathering budget struggles has become par for the course for the Gary Parks Department, especially at the South Gleason Park Golf Course.

Thad Ward took his kids out to eat on Green Street in Champaign two springs ago after he began working as running backs coach on Lovie Smith’s Illinois staff.

Wearing a suit and tie every weekday, Cory Patterson was on the path most expected from the finance major.

Catcher Wilson Contreras feels comfortable reverting to his old setup behind the plate on one knee.

An Oak Park man who had just parked his car inside his garage was attacked by several men during an attempted carjacking Sunday night, police said.

In the spirit with which we mark life's other landmark events, I would like to wish former first lady Barbara Bush a peaceful passing.

The postponement of Monday night’s Cubs-Cardinals game because of inclement weather allowed first baseman Anthony Rizzo more time for his tight lower back to recover.

A Michigan man in Chicago over the weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday with several other friends sexually assaulted one of the women in their group when she was passed out at a downtown hotel, prosecutors said Monday.

Some Burr Ridge Village Board members are open to the possibility of legalizing gambling machines, asking the village administrator to gather more information after nine local businesses signed a petition in favor of such gaming.

A woman was carjacked in south Oak Park shortly after her car was rear-ended by another car Saturday afternoon, police said.

Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. An inmate who witnessed the violence told The Associated Press that bodies were "literally stacked...

A judge ruled Monday that prosecutors had provided sufficient evidence against an elderly West Chicago man with dementia who had been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in Hanover Park.

For many upper-middle-class residents of high-tax states, Tuesday will be the last time we can file to receive a full tax deduction for our state and local income and property taxes. Many Democratic voters in high-tax states cried foul when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act capped these deductions at $10,000...

John Fisher is a late bloomer when it comes to running marathons.

When he crossed the Boston Marathon finish line in just over five hours Monday, the 65-year-old Naperville man completed his 12-year journey to run a marathon in every state in America.

For much of his life, running was the last...