South Loop

A funeral was held Saturday for 36-year-old Caitlin Tracey, the New Buffalo woman whose body was found at the bottom of a South Loop stairwell in late October.

Caitlin Tracey’s parents can now move forward with plans to lay their daughter to rest in Michigan after a Cook County judge on Wednesday denied an emergency motion filed by her husband.

The legal battle over Caitlin Tracey’s remains took another turn Tuesday as her husband filed an emergency motion, possibly delaying her parents’ plans for a funeral.

The legal battle over Caitlin Tracey’s remains took another turn Tuesday as her husband filed an emergency motion, further delaying her parents’ plans for a funeral.

An off-duty Chicago police officer exchanged gunfire with two people near Printer's Row Saturday morning. No injuries were reported.

The parents of Caitlin Tracey, 36, who was found dead last month in a South Loop apartment stairwell, have been granted the right to retrieve her remains and bring them back to Michigan after a legal battle with her husband of six months.

Caitlin Tracey, 36, was found dead in the stairwell of her husband’s apartment building on Oct. 27. Her husband of six months, Adam Beckerink, a local tax attorney, tried to take custody of her remains, but Tracey’s parents, Andrew and Monica Tracey, fought him due to a history of alleged domestic abuse.

A Michigan judge has ruled in favor of the parents of a woman who was found dead in her husband's South Loop apartment building last month, granting them control of their daughter’s remains.

Despite emotional testimony from family members of the E2 nightclub tragedy, Chicago's Commission on Landmarks has determined that the building on South Michigan Avenue cannot be demolished.

City Club is holding a nonpartisan election watch party in the South Loop Tuesday night.