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Cook County tax board commissioner, staff face multiple fines from ethics board

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | A.D. Quig

Cook County’s ethics board fined Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele and aides for a series of breaches this week, finding that she provided confidential information to the press about the Chicago Bears’ Arlington Heights property and wrongly allowed a staffer to attend a conference on county time. A top Steele aide was separately fined for attending Cubs games and traveling for personal trips on county time.
White receives probation in scheme to defraud rental assistance

2 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Michelle Quinn

A woman who pled guilty in a scheme to defraud the federal rental assistance program of a Merrillville-based not-for-profit agency has received probation. Along with 24 months of probation, Gloria White will be required to repay Geminus Corp. $177,800, United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon ruled at her Thursday morning sentencing in Hammond. White, 60, who entered a plea in November, initially was facing 21 to 27 months in prison.
Bonds claims strangulation, battery charges have "not been accurately portrayed"

2 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Michelle Quinn

Gary Housing Authority Executive Director Taryl Bonds is apologizing for the situation in which he was charged with two counts of strangulation and two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery but claims the situation isn’t what it seems. Bonds on Wednesday issued a statement via email apologizing to the agency he leads. He was arrested June 20 for the incident.
Photos: The funeral for Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Armando L. Sanchez |Antonio Perez |Antonio Pérez

Mourners, elected officials and police officers from across the state gathered in Forest Park Wednesday for the funeral of slain Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera, the first CPD officer killed in the line of duty this year. Rivera, a CPD officer for four years, was assigned to a tactical team in the Gresham District (6th) when she was unintentionally killed by her partner which chasing a suspect. She is survived by her adolescent daughter.
Toni Preckwinkle picks new Cook County Forest Preserves boss

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | A.D. Quig

After a year and a half without a permanent leader, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has nominated a new head for the county’s Forest Preserves. On Wednesday, she named Adam Bianchi as her pick to become the district’s new superintendent. Her choice will face a vote from the Forest Preserves board — which has the same members as the Cook County board — next week.
Column: Individual, corporate generosity continues to thrive

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Charles Selle

It’s a rare Lake County resident who hasn’t had a package delivered to their front stoop by a FedEx driver. The founder of the global company, Fred Smith, died the other day at age 80. Smith began FedEx Corp. as Federal Express in 1978 in Memphis, which it still calls home. A former Marine Corps captain who served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War, and a Yale University graduate, Smith was also a quiet philanthropist, as are many czars of industry.
Chicago pizza royalty Great Lake returns, idiosyncratic as ever

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Christopher Borrelli

Great Lake, the legendary (and legendarily iconoclastic) pizza joint that fixated (and sometimes frustrated) Andersonville for five years, has returned, a dozen years later. Last week, in true Great Lake fashion, it opened very quietly on Berwyn Avenue, two blocks from its original home on Balmoral Avenue. Already, it’s remarkable: It opened without an online footprint, blip of social media, publicity campaign to herald its return, or much of a storefront sign to direct you.
‘The Bear’ Q&A: Lionel Boyce dishes on what it takes to play pastry chef Marcus

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Zareen Syed

Before filming Season 1 of the FX hit “The Bear,” actor Lionel Boyce was sent to stage at Elske in Chicago’s West Loop. In preparation for his role as Marcus, breadmaker for The Original Beef of Chicagoland and soon-to-be budding pastry chef when the restaurant reopens as its titular name in Season 3, Boyce was tasked with learning from real-world chefs to emulate one on camera.
‘The Bear’ Q&A: Liza Colón-Zayas on playing Tina, a chef rooted in reality

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Zareen Syed

When viewers first meet Liza Colón-Zayas’ character on “The Bear,” she has an icy front — reluctant to adapt to the ways of Jeremy Allen White’s Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, who’s trying to breathe new, more organized life into his family’s restaurant, The Original Beef of Chicagoland. It’s mayhem, exacerbated by some of the longtime staff’s unwillingness to see their own potential. But soon, Tina Marrero starts paying attention to the good that can come from being open to change.
Photos: Chicago White Sox lose to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Rate Field

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Chris Sweda

Photos from the Chicago White Sox’s 4-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Rate Field on June 24, 2025. Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. tracks down a long fly ball that went for a sacrifice fly for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh inning of a game at Rate Field in Chicago on June 24, 2025.