From a Steppenwolf play to a violin shop, writer Cormac McCarthy’s memory lives on in Chicago
Two hours before a 2006 performance at Steppenwolf Theatre, writer Cormac McCarthy asked actor Austin Pendleton an unexpected question.
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Richard Ray: Is my son’s last Halloween parade supposed to feel like this big of a deal?
Lukewarm coffee spilled from my thermos and onto my hands as I jogged down Clark Street, my boots splashing in the dingy puddles. Work emails had kept me from leaving...
Richard Ray: Glenn’s Diner: The life, death and lasting impact of a North Side institution
I first stepped into Glenn's Diner nearly 15 years ago looking to earn beer money as a student at DePaul University. My friend was washing dishes there and said he...
Cops: Man suffers ‘medical distress,’ dies after causing 5-vehicle crash
A man is dead after he was driving at a high rate of speed while suffering "some type of medical distress," police said, before causing a multi-vehicle accident in Niles...
In Facebook farewell, Evanston eatery tells critical Yelpers to jump in lake
A Facebook post from Davis Street Fishmarket, an Evanston staple since 1985, announced the restaurant's closing with a few choice words for critical Yelp users on Saturday. The whimsical but...
CIA ‘live tweets’ raid on anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death
On Sunday, the verified CIA Twitter account began the not-so-clandestine operation of retroactively live tweeting the raid on the compound in the mountains of Pakistan that ended with the death...
Obama’s ‘black lesbian from Skokie’ comment sends suburb trending
A comment made by President Barack Obama at the University of Chicago Law School regarding his nomination for the Supreme Court sent the northern suburb of Skokie trending on Twitter...
Man in custody in crash that injured 4 in East Garfield Park
The driver of a Mercedes sedan is in custody after being involved in an accident that injured four people including two children Saturday morning in the East Garfiled Park neighborhood,...
Boy, 17, charged with Riverside burglary
A Forest View boy faces a felony burglary charge after a 17-year-old girl whose parents were out of town found him in her bedroom early Thursday morning, Riverside police said...
Woman faces reckless homicide, DUI charges in Chicago Ridge officer’s death
A woman charged in a crash on Interstate 294 that killed an off-duty Chicago Ridge police officer last month has been ordered to surrender her passport and is barred from...