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2 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.

2 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.

2 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.

3 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.

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Lisa Schencker

Advocate Health Care may proceed with a plan to replace Advocate Trinity Hospital with a new, much smaller hospital on the South Side of Chicago, state regulators decided Tuesday, after more than a dozen community members and leaders spoke out in support of the project.