DNA from Bulls hat links teen to pizza delivery shooting: prosecutors

Mark Villanueva was wearing the hat when he opened fire and shot the 46-year-old victim in the chest and left pinky in the 3500 block of West 83rd Street, according to a Cook County prosector. The then 16-year-old also allegedly aimed at the victim’s co-worker but the 49-year-old woman ran and hid behind the pizza delivery van, avoiding the two bullets that pierced the vehicle.

NIU administrator to retire after FBI probe

A Northern Illinois University administrator who went on leave after an FBI investigation will retire at the end of the month.

Defendant killed restaurant manager ‘because he could,’ prosecutor says

James Ealy kept the change — the dimes and quarters he stole from a Burger King restaurant after strangling manager Mary Hutchinson, Lake County prosecutors said. Investigators days later discovered $40 in dimes and $70 in quarters stuffed in a pillowcase in Ealy’s apartment — amounts matching those taken from the Lindenhurst restaurant during the Nov. 27, 2006 robbery.

Black Illinois House members split on gay marriage bill, Sun-Times survey finds

SPRINGFIELD — Less than half of Illinois House Black Caucus members say they back the push to legalize same-sex marriage or are likely to support it, a Chicago Sun-Times survey of the pivotal voting bloc has found. Four members of the 20-member caucus have told the Sun-Times they will vote for same-sex marriage while five others indicated they are leaning toward a ‘yes’ vote. Seven remain undecided, and four are opposed.

3 Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting

Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant. Officials say Allie, 26, Tapeko, 31, and Spree, 10, are due to give birth this summer and fall.

Rapper Chief Keef arrested in Georgia hotel after staff smells marijuana

Chicago rapper Chief Keef makes no secret of his fondness for marijuana. The staff at the swanky LeMeridien Atlanta Perimeter hotel doesn’t share that fondness. Chief Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was arrested for disorderly conduct, after security at the hotel “observed smoke and a smell of marijuana from a room,” according to Dunwoody, Ga., police.

Alleged purse snatcher crashed into semi on I-80

Police say a Joliet man mugged two elderly women in different grocery stores before crashing a stolen car into a semi-truck on Saturday. Joliet Cmdr. Al Roechner said Matthew J. Boban’s crime spree began at 11:55 a.m. when he arrived at Jewel, 1401 W. Jefferson …

Man becomes second to die from Sunday car crash that injured 3 others

A 22-year-old man became the second person to die from injuries suffered in an early Sunday morning car crash that also wounded three others. Mitchell Conner, of the 10300 bock of South Green Street, died from his injuries at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of …

SPECIAL REPORT: Kohn students would pass many vacant homes on path to Lavizzo

Part 3 of 3: If the school board votes Wednesday to close Kohn Elementary School, some of its students will be sent farther south in Roseland to Lavizzo Elementary. Longtime Kohn volunteer Nancy Thomas counts the vacant properties along the way.

Police lead school-closing opponents out of City Hall, 25 get tickets

Chicago Police led away protesters Monday who blocked elevators in the lobby of City Hall after they vowed to “cause chaos in this city” to stop a sweeping school-closing plan. Also Monday, Chicago Public Schools officials released reports providing additional details of how nine schools that are absorbing student bodies from shuttered schools plan to address student safety and the accommodations of special needs students.

$19.6 million settlement reached in abuse lawsuit against former priest

Jesuit officials in Chicago will pay $19.6 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by six men who claim they were molested by Donald McGuire, a former priest and onetime spiritual adviser to Mother Teresa, an attorney for the plaintiffs said Monday.

Woman suing Trump: “Somebody had to stand up to him”

An 87-year-old woman who is suing Donald Trump testified Monday morning that she’s doing so because “somebody had to stand up to him.”

Gov. Quinn, Emanuel’s administration haggle over corruption in casino debate

The question over who can be trusted to oversee a City-owned casino had Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel pointing fingers and wrangling over whether the city or state had a more corrupt history.

18-year sentence for crooked Chicago cop

A crooked Chicago cop who teamed up with a violent crew of kidnapping drug dealers was sentenced to 18 years behind bars Monday.

Relieved he’d dodged a potential life sentence, Glenn Lewellen, 57, smiled and gave relatives a thumbs-up after Judge Joan Gottschall sentenced him …

Police seek help to ID body found strangled, burned in Dumpster

Chicago Police are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Dumpster in the Avondale neighborhood Sunday night. An autopsy Monday found the person had been strangled, and the death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.