Ron Coomer’s unlikely journey from the Southwest Side to the All-Star team to the Cubs broadcast...

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/18 12:00A Phil Rosenthal

Like a lot of kids in the 1970s, young Ron Coomer would swat at rocks with an old wooden bat and pretend he was a major-leaguer. When he really got hold of one, he pretended to be Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse, calling the action and describing...

Ask Amy: Hoarding disorder creates messy situation

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 5:05P Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: My son and my oldest daughter, “Kelsie,” share an apartment. I live in another state. I’m worried about Kelsie. She has always been extremely messy. I have learned that issues with hoarding/OCD may be inherited, and I assumed that...

Cook County sheriff’s deputy shoots teen carjacker in front of Little Village car wash

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 4:56P Alice Yin

An on-duty Cook County sheriff’s deputy shot a 16-year-old boy who got inside his car Monday night in the Little Village neighborhood. About 8:40 p.m., the 50-year-old left his car in the parking lot of a business in the 2500 block of West Cermak....

Lurie Children's Hospital no longer among top 10 in the nation, says U.S. News & World Report

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 4:05P Lisa Schencker

Lurie Children’s Hospital has slipped off U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top 10 children’s hospitals in the country, the first time in eight years it didn’t make the cut. Last year, Lurie ranked 10th on U.S. News’ honor roll, the only...

Three men from the Chicago area join 'Bachelor in Paradise' cast

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 2:40P Tracy Swartz

At least three men with ties to the Chicago area will participate in the upcoming season of “Bachelor in Paradise.” Manteno behavioral health specialist Kevin Fortenberry; Bartlett native Chris Bukowski; and NFL journeyman Clay Harbor, who was...

Xi’an Chanba Ecological District (CBE) - Achieving “Green Development”, Creating “Landscape...

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 2:38P Community Contributor Brown

Xi'an Chanba Ecological District's efforts in developing Landscape Productivity has created a wave of ecological sustainability in Xi'an Chanba. Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, China. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain in...

Cubs VP Jed Hoyer lists Lincoln Park home for $2.5 million

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 2:30P Bob Goldsborough

Chicago Cubs executive vice president and general manager Jed Hoyer and his wife, Merrill, on Monday placed their five-bedroom Lincoln Park house on the market for $2.495 million. However, Hoyer, who with Cubs president of baseball operations...

1 year of prison for suspect in David Ortiz shooting: judge

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 2:10P Danica Coto

A man nicknamed "Bone" was ordered Monday to spend one year in preventive prison as Dominican authorities said they were closing in on the mastermind and motive behind the attempted killing of baseball great David Ortiz, who is recovering at a...

Pete Buttigieg returns to South Bend from campaign trail after man killed by police

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 1:55P Tom Davies, Sarah Burnett

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat...

'I wasn’t planning on shooting anybody': Libertyville murder defendant takes stand, claims...

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 11:55A Jim Newton

For the first time since his arrest in 2016, Kenneth Seplak, testifying Monday on his own behalf, admitted to seeing and having a confrontation with David Gorski the night Gorski was found dead in his car in Libertyville. Previously, Seplak had...

Police: 2 shot on CTA bus on city's South Side

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 11:55A Chicago Tribune staff

Two people were seriously hurt Monday evening in a shooting on board a CTA bus on the city’s South Side, according to authorities. The shooting occurred on the in the 7700 block of South State Street around 6:20 p.m. in the Chatham neighborhood,...

Aqua Illinois lifts 'do not consume' advisory for some water customers as lead testing continues

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 11:35A Zak Koeske

Aqua Illinois officials, who warned customers in eastern Will County against consuming tap water because of its elevated lead levels, lifted the advisory for some of their customers. Company officials said in a statement Monday that customers...

Accused U. of I. killer Brendt Christensen’s online life detailed in court: ‘I don’t care how I am...

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 11:35A Jamie Munks

In the months before Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang’s disappearance in June 2017, Brendt Christensen made multiple online searches related to serial killers, visited pages dedicated to abduction fantasies and viewed an article about human...

Lake Michigan water levels on pace to reach record high in June, skirt records into fall

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 11:15A Javonte Anderson, Alejandro Serr

After late snowstorms and record-setting rainfall this spring, Lake Michigan’s water levels are projected to rise to a record level this month. The rising water, which could swell more than 2.5 feet above its long-term monthly average, is expected...

'Jeopardy James' won't be there in person, but makes donation in Trebek's name to Naperville...

The Doings Weekly (Crime) 6/17 11:00A Suzanne Baker

A Naperville woman received a special donation from “Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer for a walk she’s hosting to raise money to find a cure to the same type of cancer that afflicts “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek. Like many people from...