12+ hour, 33+ min ago  (875+ words) Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy as three former presidents joined him on stage in an extraordinary event featuring politicians, A-list celebrities, athletes and other internationally known…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (376+ words) Damaging storms swept through the Midwest, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and causing more than a thousand flight delays or cancellations at Chicago airports with more potentially severe weather expected Thursday. The National Weather Service said…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (144+ words) The Obama Presidential Center, which will house the digital archives from Barack Obama's two terms, has cost more than $600 million to build and it is based in Chicago. The former president announced that it will open on June 19. Baltimore County…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (388+ words) President and CEO Michael Reinsdorf made it clear after firing executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley near the end of the season that he wanted Donovan to remain on the job. He said…...

3+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (661+ words) The companies flooded the state's Democratic primaries with millions of dollars to promote candidates they believed would have a light touch when it came to regulating technologies that have begun to upend how people do their jobs and manage their…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (645+ words) The storied Chicago Bears want to leave historic Soldier Field, where they've played for half a century. Indiana lawmakers are attempting to lure them from the Windy City with a plan to finance and build a domed stadium in Hammond,…...

6+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (52+ words) Chicago native Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Joliet, Illinois, diocese, has been chosen by fellow Chicago native Pope Leo to lead the Archdiocese of New York that oversees the spiritual lives of close to 2. 5 million Catholics. He replaces Timothy…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (796+ words) By JOHN O'CONNOR, Associated Press Sean Grayson, 31, responding to a call about a suspected prowler, fired on the 36-year-old Massey in her Springfield home early on July 6, 2024, after confronting her about how she was handling a pan of hot water…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago  (188+ words) The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on U. S. soil. By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago  (50+ words) Radule Bojovic, 33, was arrested Wednesday by ICE. He is a native of Montenegro serving as a police officer with the Hanover Park Police Department Bojovic was "encountered during a targeted enforcement action" in ICE's immigration-focused Illinois operation "Operation Midway Blitz,…...