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After nearly a year, the guardianship battle has escalated over a boy whose parents were killed in the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade…
Activists who’d long opposed mayoral control over Chicago Board of Education appointments won a victory in 2021 when Illinois legislators voted to shift authority over the…
Shane van Gisbergen won his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a rainy Sunday in downtown Chicago, chasing down Justin Haley and Chase Elliott in a memorable…
The deluge that began Saturday night continued Sunday morning as NASCAR drivers awoke and prepared for the inaugural Chicago Street Race.Rivers of rainwater flooded the downtown…
Weekend thunderstorms wreaked havoc Sunday across Chicago, resulting in flooding the National Weather Service described as “potentially life-threatening,” swamping highways, halting some Chicago Transit Authority services…
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to continue through Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.Due to thunderstorms, NASCAR officials postponed the finish of Saturday’s race to…
A man was arrested Saturday night after driving an unauthorized vehicle onto the NASCAR racetrack, police said.The 46-year-old man drove into a barrier based on a…
In the immediate aftermath of last year’s mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade came the expected questions when such a tragedy unfolds: Who…
Fans watch cars race on Columbus Drive on Saturday, July 1, 2023, to qualify for the Nascar Cup Series in Grant Park. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)…
David Gaydos thought he had already learned a lot about loss.The retired Naperville Central High School teacher had been through much grief: the loss of his…