Robert Mccoppin

The state of Illinois is trying to close Albany Care in Evanston, a home for about 170 people with mental health and substance abuse issues. The facility is appealing the order.

Deanese Williams-Harris and Robert McCoppin Chicago Tribune

“Last night was another reminder of how much work we still have to do to (protect) the lives that have been impacted by gun violence,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said.

Hawthorne Race Course has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the track for $90 million to a company that's expected to close down the racetrack unless another bidder comes to the rescue in bankruptcy court.

CHICAGO — Hawthorne Race Course has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the track for $90 million to a company that's expected to close down the racetrack unless another bidder comes to the rescue in bankruptcy court.

Hawthorne Race Course has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the track for $90 million to a company that's expected to close down the racetrack unless another bidder comes to the rescue in bankruptcy court.

Erica Champ has a serious toothache. One tooth has erupted through her gum. Another throbs below the surface. Sometimes she suffers severe pain and facial swelling.

On a sweltering summer day, a worker walked through Elk Grove Cemetery, searching the ground. Where he saw a depression, he eased a slender steel pole into the soil, probing.

The occupants who were in a boat that during Friday's massive storm that led to three children's drowning deaths were from Batavia and Wheaton and the city of Fontana, Wisc., according to the Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency.

Wheaton school officials Wednesday confirmed that in a massive storm Friday were students in its district.