3+ hour ago   (714+ words) The cuts affect some 2,000 grants representing nearly $2 billion in funding. The Trump administration has made abrupt and sweeping cuts to substance abuse and mental health programs across the country in a move that advocates said will jeopardize the lives of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (233+ words) Candle making is one hobby readers say they take up to keep busy in the winter. We asked readers what hobby helps them beat the winter blues. Here's what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: "Birding gets me outside....

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (415+ words) Police in Aruba are investigating what they are calling the murder-suicide of a beloved Chicago area couple who owned a gym and cafe. Aruba police, citing initial reports, said officers responded to a call at 8:45 a.m. Sunday at the St. Regis…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (422+ words) DEAR ABBY: I'm a 50-year-old woman who has lived with orthopedic challenges due to a congenital metabolic condition. Despite many surgeries and limited mobility, I have led a full life as a special needs teacher, wife and caregiver for my…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (577+ words) A volunteer collects food donations at a suburban Chicago high school in November. The abrupt cancellation of a federal grant for dozens of Illinois schools could mean the end of food pantries, after-school programs and other support for schools. Two…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1232+ words) A child whose life was impacted by organ donation places down a candle during the 33rd annual candle-lighting ceremony on April 6 in honor of organ and tissue donors at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. As the new year approaches, many…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (946+ words) State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago, co-chairperson of a new state task force examining how to deal with people found unfit to stand trial. "We are seeing an uptick of people with severe mental illness with unmanaged symptoms that are out…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (890+ words) Russell Long and his friend Janelle Keck in downtown Chicago. Long loved living in River North, where he'd "sip coffee and look at the river turn green every year and watch the dumb little ducks," Keck says. He died in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (788+ words) A.J. Barks and her husband, Matt Siemer, were known to stop and chat with people in their neighborhood while taking their dogs on walks. It's a huge loss. A.J. Barks, 42, died Saturday, a week after her husband, Matt Siemer, 43, passed away. They…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (540+ words) The Trump administration is planning to end grants that support programs at 32 schools with 19,000 students across 16 school districts. When students at dozens of schools across Illinois return to class in January, they may find that support services they depend on,…...