A controversial “fraternity” of priests whose leaders were recently excommunicated by Pope Leo XIV — and that maintains a quiet presence in the Chicago area with a church in west suburban Oak Park and a priory on the Northwest Side — fashions itself as an... See more
The 2024 Country Thunder music festival on the Illinois-Wisconsin border featured, among many others, country stars Eric Church and Lainey Wilson. Two young women who were friends from work decided to attend the annual summer event and stay overnight at a... See more
A former Chicago area Mormon church figure who was excommunicated in the 1990s over allegations of child sexual abuse — and quickly reinstated by the faith group, and allowed to serve as a member and leader in an Ohio congregation — pleaded guilty Thursda... See more
Shortly after noon on a Sunday last August, police were dispatched to a forest preserve picnic grove near Chicago’s Edgebrook neighborhood for an unusual call. A “subject was trying to attack our complainant with a sword,” according to a police report tha... See more
When Mayor Lori Lightfoot hired her friend Paul Goodrich as City Hall’s chief operating officer in 2021, she hailed his fiscal experience. She called him a “seasoned business and operations executive,” noting that he had worked for three prominent banks. ... See more
