Lawyers for one of the owners of West Suburban Medical Center and Weiss Memorial Hospital are pushing to sell the hospitals for $1 to Insight Health Systems and demote the other owner and CEO into a temporary consulting position. That change in ownership is a part of a potential settlement in the ongoing legal battle for control of the hospitals between the ...

An Aurora man was ordered to remain in custody after prosecutors allege he drove the wrong way on the Dan Ryan Expressway to "scare" a woman who was pleading for her life moments before she died as a result of a five-vehicle crash Friday evening. Juan Ruiz-Huerta, 29, was charged with first degree murder, kidnapping, unlawful restraint and aggravated ...

An Illinois State Police trooper charged with sexual assault allegedly drugged and assaulted a bartender last year in suburban Tinley Park.Douglas Lee, 54, was stripped of his police powers and ordered held at Cook County jail after he was charged Friday, according to court records and state police.Lee is accused of drugging a woman while she was out with ...

Darnell Wright wasnt worried about getting a contract extension done during training camp.Turns out, he had little reason to. The Bears and their standout right tackle agreed to a four-year extension worth $116 million, with $93 million guaranteed Tuesday, a source confirmed. The deal is the richest ever for a right tackle and represents the most guaranteed ...

A former top Chicago Public School official was charged with ripping off two pandemic relief programs, nearly three years after the school system found she had lied about her income in order to receive loans.Crystal Cooper, the districts former chief operating officer, was among at least 14 CPS staffers who quit in 2023 after the district's inspector ...

The Bears used to pick up tight ends in bulk, at one point stockpiling 10 of them in the 2020 offseason, and it became yet another punchline about Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy not knowing what they were doing.But no one makes jokes about coach Ben Johnson and his collection.It helps Johnson doesnt have 10. Even in an offense intent on using three tight ends at ...

Otro Lollapalooza ya pas, pero Grant Park tiene un largo camino antes de volver a la normalidad. Entre un fin de semana lleno de lluvia (adems de las precipitaciones histricas en toda la regin de Chicago este verano) y cuatro das en los que ms de 100,000 asistentes al festival descendieron en la ciudad, el espacio verde ms grande del centro necesita tiempo ...

Springfields latest sexual harassment scandal has revealed holes in the system, according to Gov. JB Pritzker but not necessarily any missteps by Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch in responding to allegations of misconduct by a now-disgraced ex-state representative.At least not yet, Pritzker said Tuesday, asserting there is more to learn here, I ...

A modernist East Chicago, Indiana, church that mixes architectural Neo-Expressionism with 1970s futurism has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.The funds will help the congregation of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church develop a plan to repair and restore the edifice designed by the late pioneering ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday denied the revolving door at City Hall is a scary sign of instability for Chicago, claiming Im the stability and the visionary and that he will find other people to carry out my vision.The latest high-level departure from Johnson's City Hall is Budget Director Annette Guzman, whom the mayor once praised as a "bad, Black, ...

There is so much to digest following the summer months of high school basketball, time used to heavily evaluate prospects while playing with their high school team in June and on the club basketball circuit in July.Here are the players who made their presence felt in some way or fashion and the storylines that followed. You can start the Most Improved ...

Drew Williams, a star athlete at Lane who was paralyzed after suffering a catastrophic brain injury during a game in 2013, died on July 22. He was 30.Williams was a standout football and baseball player at Lane and a popular figure around the massive campus at Addison and Western."He had this 'cat that swallowed the canary' smile," said Fred Proesel, who ...

Ariana Grande probably wishes she could just wave a wand and make the whole public discourse about her disappear. But the renewed focus on her image especially the past few days has been quite wicked, and the singer addressed it on Monday night at the United Center.Is it OK if we get a little real tonight, is that OK? the Into You singer politely asked ...

Have you ever had an erotic dream about your friend's spouse? If you did, would you tell them?This is the set up of Marble, a dark comedy by Irish playwright Marina Carr, having its Chicago premiere at the Copernicus Center in Jefferson Park and produced by the Gift Theatre. ...

In an austere offseason, Coby Bryant was the splurge.The Bears bet big on him, letting all-pro safety Kevin Byard and four-year starter Jaquan Brisker leave this offseason and giving him a three-year, $40 million deal.The safety had been where the Bears want to go the Super Bowl. He had what Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen decided they needed most ...

At least 10 people were arrested in and around this years muddy Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park, with some facing charges for selling rain ponchos without a permit, illegally flying a drone and punching a backstage security guard with a pocketful of drugs. This years arrests were split evenly across Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with no arrests ...

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down what Coby Bryant's injury means for the safety and for the Bears. New episodes of Halas Intrigue will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcasts hub page. You can also listen to Halas Intrigue wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon ...

Apuntando al vaivn del liderazgo en la alcalda de Brandon Johnson, el secretario de Estado de Illinois, Alexi Giannoulias, se sum el domingo a la carrera por la alcalda, presentndose como alguien que construye coaliciones para resolver los enormes problemas de Chicago.Giannoulias entra a la contienda como presunto favorito con un objetivo poltico marcado en ...

A man was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting in South Chicago. Jose Ariel Gonzalez, 40, and a 32-year-old woman were in the 8900 block of South Escanaba Avenue around 3:05 a.m. July 26 when they were both shot, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Gonzalez was shot in the neck and was taken to the University of ...

Breaking down the Bears Tuesday training camp practice: What happenedThe pass game struggled to find its rhythm and blew a chance to end practice on a good note. In an 11-on-11 drill without tackling, the Bears took over at their own 47, down five, with 54 seconds left. The Bears committed two false starts but drove to the 22 with about three seconds to ...

A 60-year-old man was found shot to death inside a home in Auburn Gresham on the South Side. Timothy Bankston was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his abdomen around 10 a.m. July 29 inside a home in the 7600 block of South Emerald Avenue, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police ...

Police are investigating a hate crime after someone broke into a Brighton Park neighborhood home and vandalized it Monday on the Southwest Side. The owner called officers after arriving at his home that is being renovated around 9 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Pershing Street and finding a racist comment graffitied into the building, according to a police ...

The bodies of two 20-year-old Chicago-area kayakers were recovered in the waters off Washington Island, a popular tourist destination in Door County, Wisconsin, officials announced Monday. The kayakers David Thalman of Dundee, and Francesca Warick of South Elgin, went missing near the island, where Green Bay and Lake Michigan meet, and on Sunday a rescue ...

A man was seriously wounded in a shooting that forced lane closures on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Tuesday on the Near West Side. The shooting happened around 3 a.m. in the 1200 block of South Ruble Street where a man was shot multiple times in the body, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was in serious condition, police said. ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: Nakia Smith says he was just trying to get a gun off the street by handing it over to the police. Instead, he faces trial next week in a case former Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls a "travesty." Plus: Another City Hall shakeup, a Chicagoan's quest to make the city's municipal code a comedy bit and more news you need to ...