Trenton Cornell-Duranleau Archives

Blogs

How Chicago shaped Hugh Hefner and his Playboy empire, and other news

by Kate Shepherd September 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.

Blogs

Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd September 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.

Columns & Opinion

Did an accused sex-orgy killer lose his academic due process?

by Deanna Isaacs August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Northwestern professor Wyndham Lathem has been charged with first-degree murder, but the university may not have followed protocol when they fired him.

Blogs

Rauner fires new communications team, says the ‘intensity of the battle’ against enemies ‘is going up,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, two bars near Soldier Field are supporting Colin Kaepernick by refusing to show NFL games.

Blogs

Chance the Rapper interested in returning to college, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, law enforcement looks for new leads in the 25-year-old kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki.

Blogs

An inside look at the Chicago Police Department’s mysterious strategic subject list, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Wyndham Lathem is “trying to remain hopeful” in Cook County Jail.

Blogs

Prosecutors: Ex-Northwestern professor killed boyfriend in a murder, sex, suicide fantasy plot, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Rahm says Trump administration is “playing politics” to promote its law enforcement policies.

Blogs

Chicago must apply for a DOJ grant that includes new sanctuary city restrictions, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a former Miss America has announced a run against incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan.

Blogs

Illinois senate overrides Rauner’s amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.

Blogs

Michael Madigan is now the longest-serving state house speaker in American history, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.