SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First Has Video - Any -YesNo FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Dec 15, 2025 Rival Chicago Budget Proposal Eliminates Garbage Fee Hike as Agreement Out of Sight There are just 15 days left before the deadline to avoid an unprecedented shutdown of Chicago city government. Dec 15, 2025 DePaul University Lays Off More than 100 Staffers Amid Budget Crunch, Drop in International Students University President Rob Manuel called the last several weeks “some of the most difficult our community has ever experienced” as he announced that DePaul had laid off 114 of its 1,493 full-time and part-time staff. Dec 15, 2025 4 More Bus Routes Will Be Added to CTA’s ‘10 Minutes or Sooner’ Initiative The frequent service network consists of 20 key bus routes throughout the agency’s service area that are scheduled to have service every 10 minutes or less from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekends, according to the CTA. Dec 15, 2025 Gurnee Man Who Spent Decades in Prison on Wrongful Murder Conviction Awarded $13 Million A Gurnee man who spent nearly three decades behind bars after being convicted of murdering his ex-wife has been awarded a $13 million settlement through a civil lawsuit he brought in 2023. Dec 15, 2025 Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Arrested After Director and His Wife Found Dead at Their Los Angeles Home Rob and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead Sunday at their home in Los Angeles, and investigators believe they suffered stab wounds, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Dec 15, 2025 Michele Singer Reiner, Photographer Who Influenced 1980s Rom-com’s Happy End, Dies Michele Singer Reiner, a photographer and producer who inspired the happy conclusion in the 1980s romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally…” has died. Dec 15, 2025 Rob Reiner, Son of a Comedy Giant Who Became One in Turn, Dies at 78 Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78. Dec 15, 2025 Fermilab Announces New Director of National Accelerator Laboratory Norbert Holtkamp, a veteran of international research, takes over leadership of the particle physics laboratory in suburban Batavia in 2026. The decision was announced by the Fermi Forward Discovery Group, the lab’s new management and operations contractor. Dec 15, 2025 As Gerrymandering Battles Sweep the Country, Supporters Argue Partisan Dominance Is ‘Fair’ As states undertake mid-decade redistricting instigated by President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are using a tit-for-tat definition of fairness to justify districts that split communities in an attempt to send politically lopsided delegations to Congress. Dec 15, 2025 Blackhawks Place Connor Bedard on Injured Reserve With an Upper-Body Injury The Chicago Blackhawks placed Connor Bedard on injured reserve on Monday with an upper-body injury. Dec 12, 2025 Week in Review: Budget Stalemate at City Hall; Medical Aid in Dying Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill to allow terminally ill adults to die on their own terms. And residents of a troubled South Shore building are being evicted. Dec 12, 2025 Illinois Agriculture Director Says Trump Trade Policies Are ‘Crushing’ Farmers Jerry Costello II, director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, said the money being offered is not nearly enough to make up for the losses farmers are suffering. Dec 12, 2025 Rising Gas Bills Could Exacerbate Hardships for Chicagoans This Winter, Consumer Advocates Warn A review of the gas market in northern Illinois released by the consumer advocate groups Citizens Utility Board and Illinois PIRG highlighted that rising natural gas prices, in addition to rate hikes from gas utility companies, are creating a “double-whammy” for customers. Dec 12, 2025 Lawmakers Urge Education Department to Add Nursing to ‘Professional’ Programs List Amid Uproar The “professional” label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees. Dec 12, 2025 Evanston Church Nativity Scene Adds Zip Ties, Gas Masks and ICE to Protest Immigration Raids A baby Jesus lays in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, wearing a plastic gas mask and flanked by Roman soldiers in tactical vests labeled “ICE.” Load More Thanks to our sponsors: