Wisconsin Wrestling Coach Alleges Retaliation For Reporting Rape Allegation
The former head wrestling coach at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has sued the school, claiming he was fired for reporting a sexual assault to police.
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The former head wrestling coach at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has sued the school, claiming he was fired for reporting a sexual assault to police.
"The Bully," a 6 minute 38 second video by Jonah Maxwell, who is entering the 7th grade, has been viewed more than 106,000 times since it was posted on Sunday.
A transgender woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city, challenging the Chicago ordinance prohibiting women from going topless in establishments that hold liquor licenses.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to dramatically increase the penalties for those caught illegally transporting guns into Illinois.
An Indianapolis police officer mistakenly shot an armed homeowner, while responding to a robbery call early Tuesday morning.
A Chesterton, Ind., man who tried to set a world record by swimming across Lake Michigan and back has fallen short of his goal.
Scott Weston Wolford will try to swim from Chicago to St. Joseph Michigan, and back – approximately 120 miles.
The Chicago Police Department released reports Friday in connection with the July 28 shooting of Paul O'Neal in response to open records requests.
Hundreds of thousands of people lined King Drive to watch the parade entries, which included bands, floats and drill teams.
Residents of a public housing complex in the Old Town neighborhood said the facility has been overrun by huge rats, which have become an even greater nuisance due to ongoing renovations.
A New Jersey woman left Chicago on Wednesday for a long paddle to Louisiana, on the last leg of a journey that started on the East Coast.
Chicago had its first tornado in a ten years on Tuesday, but it wasn't the kind of funnel cloud associated with a thunderstorm, and it didn't cause any major damage.
A federal judge declined to reduce Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence Tuesday, despite the former governor's apology from prison.
Body-camera video released Friday show a chaotic scene July 28 as officers fired at O'Neal, 18, as he fled in an allegedly stolen car.
St. Sabina pastor Michael Pfleger had just finished his junior year in high school, and he was there when Martin Luther King got a hostile reception in Marquette Park.
It's not every day that homeowners agree to raise their own property taxes, especially when they're not affluent, but a large group of West Side residents have done just that to pay for a new mental health facility.
At the Chinatown Foot Clinic on 31st Street in the Bridgeport neighborhood, Dr. Kim Tee is ready to go.
Civic leaders hailed the decision to build President Barack Obama's presidential library and museum in historic Jackson Park as a boon for tourism, economic development, and community pride on the South Side.
When engineers reversed the flow of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago, they connected the Mississippi River basin to Lake Michigan. Now, charter boat captains from around the Great Lakes have asked Congress to put up a permanent barrier to keep Asian carp out of the lakes.
Chicago police and local activists were asking for help identifying the suspects in a series of robberies at Family Dollar store, including one in which the manager was shot and killed earlier this month.
Rush University Medical Center has kicked off a new intensive outpatient program to help veterans dealing with issues associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The 140,000-square-foot facility is expected to bring in about 150 jobs to a neighborhood that played a prominent role in the labor movement at the turn of the 20th century, and has become the focus of revival efforts in recent years.
The crash happened about 3 a.m. about a mile-and-a-half north of the East Chicago Marina.
About 40 kids in the Summer Safe Haven program at Holy Zion Church marched a few blocks to the home of Tacarra Morgan, chanting "Don't shoot! I want to grow up."
With the heat index expected to climb into triple digits each of the next few days, people who work and play outside will need to take extra precautions to protect themselves from dangerous heat.
