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  • Public education fight heats up in Chicago

    The largest round of school closures in American history hit Chicago this week as 50 schools were shut down. Ed explains who the real heroes are and John Nichols of The Nation Magazine breaks down all the ...

  • Two Charged With River North Burglaries

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people have been charged with burglary in connection with a spate of robberies this month in the River North neighborhood. Stacey Yearby, 41, and Lamont Gordon, 46, were arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of burglary each, according to police News Affairs. They gave their address in the 1400 block of South Canal ...

  • A happy surprise for one mom at Elgins Fox Trot

    Cynthia Munoz, Lulu Santibanez, Kayla Veal and Takeyla Irby stand for the singing of the national anthem Saturday during the 36th annual Elgin Valley Fox Trot. All four girls were representing the Elgin High School dance team in the 2-mile ...

  • 1st Division stories come alive at Cantigny exhibit in Wheaton

    David Roldan of Chicago and Francesca LeDoux of Broadview view the "Faces of the 1st," exhibit, which opened Saturday at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. The exhibit tells the story of the Army's 1st Infantry Division from World War I to modern conflicts through the eyes of 17 ...

  • Most Chicago-area CEOs benefit from booming markets

    Coming off a year when most stock markets generated double-digit returns, CEOs of Chicago-area companies, whose pay is powered by lucrative stock awards, took home more money last year. But at a handful of companies where profits dropped, CEOs took pay cuts, a sign that companies are doing a better job of structuring executive compensation to better align pay and performance. Median pay ...


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Movie Review

In America

In America

There are so many ways in which Jim Sheridans In America could have gone wrong. The intensely personal story of an Irish immigrant family trying to make it in New York City against all odds, it has all the elements of sappy sentimentalism, including a third act that takes place almost entirely inside a hospital and features not just one main character dying, but two others who are, at vari ... ...

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  • Portage Theater Closed For Now

    CHICAGO (STMW) — Portage Theater owner Eddie Carranza said the doors to the historic movie palace will stay closed for several months, or at least until he can transfer a license to a new operator, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The 93-year-old landmark theater at 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave. was shut down on Friday after Ald. John Arena (45th) blocked Carranza's application for a ...

  • Man Shot And Killed Inside Hyde Park Home

    CHICAGO (CBS) – A murder in Hyde Park, just blocks away from President Barack Obama’s home. It’s the second time in just a matter of weeks. Police believe the victim probably know his killer who remains at large. Just blocks from the security cordon around President Barack Obama’s Kenwood home, a 29-yr old man was shot dead inside his home. It happened in the same ...

  • French Soldier Stabbed in the Throat While on Patrol Outside Paris

    A French soldier was stabbed by a robed assailant while he was on an antiterrorism patrol in a busy commercial district on the western outskirts of Paris. The 23-year-old soldier lost a lot of blood but he was quickly taken to the hospital and his wounds are not life-threatening. Still, the attack "sent a shudder through the French capital" considering it comes mere days after the ...

  • Sveum Rizzo cant let pitchers dictate his approach

    Email CINCINNATI -- Manager Dale Sveum considered giving Anthony Rizzo a day off Saturday. The Cubs first baseman entered the game 0-for-22 in his last five games. "Not yet," Sveum said. "Obviously, it's a thought, but I don't think we're quite there yet." Rizzo showed his frustration in the seventh inning of Friday's 7-4 loss to the Reds, after he flew ...

  • Sveum urges pitchers to better utilize scouting reports

    Email CINCINNATI -- On Friday, the Cubs' Scott Feldman hung a curve to the Reds' Ryan Hanigan that he wished he hadn't thrown. Hanigan hit a go-ahead three-run home run. There have been other similar instances this season. On May 10, the Nationals had two outs with two on in the second, and Jeff Samardzija couldn't get No. 8 hitter Kurt Suzuki, who hit a two-run double. On ...

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