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Welcome to summer: Skilling predicts 97 for Sunday

Lots of heat and humidity are on the menu for the Memorial Day weekend, with an especially hot Sunday looming. According to the forecast from … Read more ›

Best Buy Classic brings hoops talent from all over the nation to the area

More than 300 basketball teams from across the country will invade the north and northwest suburbs for the Best Buy Chicago Classic. The tournament runs … Read more ›

Area tennis teams hoping for success at state meet

Two-time defending boys tennis state champion New Trier will have its work cut out for it to try to win its third straight title. The … Read more ›

Palos Heights' Tom Pukstys is an assistant Olympic coach who will bring in some top field athletes to Lisle in June.  (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Big throws at a big show — Benedictine hosts world class track and field athletes June 9

A few weeks before some of the best shot put, discus, javelin and hammer throwers in the country try out for the London Olympics in … Read more ›

The boys state track and field meet gets underway Thursday in Charleston. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Area boys track athletes looking for big finishes at state

Since 1990, only five TribLocal area teams have won Illinois High School Association boys track and field state titles. Joliet West won the Class AA … Read more ›

April home sales soar, prices stabilize

April sales of existing homes and condominiums in the Chicago area rose dramatically from their year-ago pace, and home prices showed some stability last month … Read more ›

Traffic and commuting expected to return to normal on Tuesday

Expressway traffic jams and the familiar hunt for curbside parking in downtown Chicago return Tuesday, as the daily commute gets back to normal after the … Read more ›

Friends and supporters of five men who were charged in connection with an attack on diners at the Ashford House restaurant in Tinley Park leave the Bridgeview Courthouse after a bond hearing Monday (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune / May 21, 2012)

Video shows chaos of Tinley Park restaurant attack

Panic shot through the small Tinley Park restaurant as quickly as the stream of determined, black-clad assailants marched in, clubs and hammers in hand. The … Read more ›

State police and local police investigate the scene at the Ashford House Restaurant at 7959 W. 159th street in Tinley Park. (John Booz, for the Chicago Tribune / May 19, 2012)

Five charged in mob attack at Tinley Park restaurant

Five men have been charged in connection with a mob attack at the Ashford House Restaurant Saturday in Tinley Park, officials said. The melee Saturday … Read more ›

Supreme Court refuses to hear Illinois redistricting challenge

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to redistricting in Illinois despite complaints from the League of Women Voters of Illinois that … Read more ›