Zach LaVine was the big haul for the Chicago Bulls when they traded away franchise star Jimmy Butler last summer, but even LaVine’s stay could have been short lived. The electric shooting guard, who played sparingly last season while rehabbing a torn ACL incurred while playing with the Minnesota…

Hundreds of protesters calling for an end to gun violence in Chicago partially shut down a major freeway in the city on Saturday, restricting traffic as they demanded lawmakers and members of the community do more to stop the bloodshed.

My husband, a friend and i were watching my daughter's volleyball game at montrose beach in chicago. i looked up and i thought i saw a kite but then i realized it was too far away and they were two diamond shapes and were shiny and black. they were almost like a metallic color. they […]

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A Chicago police officer fatally shot a 24-year-old black man who authorities said pulled a gun while running away, prompting questions from the man’s family about why the encounter turned deadly. Sgt. Rocco Alioto said the “armed confrontation” Wednesday evening on the city’s South Side happened as officers conducted a narcotics investigation. Alioto said in […]

Chicago Tribune UFOs are suddenly a serious news story — you can thank the guy from Blink-182 for thatChicago TribuneRemember that wild news in December about a secret Pentagon UFO program? And those grainy military videos showing radar images of unexplained phenomena — white, Tic-Tac-shaped objects that appear to fly at remarkable speeds, at impossible …

A neighborhood bar in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood his helping fans to embrace their inner Stevie Nicks witch this spring, with a recurring theme appropriately titled “Rhiannon: The Fleetwood Mac Pop-Up.” The pop-up bar was reported by Munchies earlier this week, and takes place at an already…

I was riding a bus from chicago's edgewater neighborhood to city center when i observed an object, initially thought to be airplane, then realized no tail fin, object was stationary (did not resemble blimp), appeared to be flat possibly cylindrical. i checked flightradar24 app, as i'm an aviation enthusiast to see if it may have […]

As part of the deal announced on Monday, each MB Financial shareholder will get $54.20, comprising 1.45 shares of Fifth Third common stock and $5.54 in cash, a 24 percent premium to MB Financial’s last close. Shares of MB Financial were up 14 percent at $49.75 in early trade, while Fifth Third shares were down […]

The co-leader of a Southwest Side street gang was charged Tuesday last week's shooting of an ATF agent in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood.