| Good afternoon, Chicago. An Illinois state trooper who also served as a youth hockey referee was arrested on child pornography charges this week while at work at the agency’s Des Plaines headquarters, authorities said. Colin Gruenke, 38, of Deerfield, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court yesterday with
one count of distribution of child pornography, court records show. Prosecutors are seeking to have Gruenke held without bond pending trial, and a detention hearing is set for Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Young Kim. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news Walter Redmond Burnett III talks during an interview at The Hoxton on Aug. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Walter Redmond Burnett knows what you’re thinking. The 29-year-old seeking a City Council seat is well prepared for the question lingering around his quest to lead the 27th Ward: Is it fair he be appointed to succeed his father? More top news stories: business Kristin Faust, executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, participates in a series of conversations about economic
mobility, hosted by the Illinois Answers Project, at the National Public Housing Museum, July 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Struggling to pay your rent? Need to get paid for rent you are owed? There’s a solution for those issues again after a two-month hiatus: Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program reopened July 31. More top business stories: sports Bulls guard Coby White celebrates after hitting a three-point shot with six seconds to go in the
game against the Lakers at the United Center in Chicago on March 27, 2025. The Bulls won 119-117. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) The Bulls will open Oct. 22 at home against the Detroit Pistons, followed by a road game against the Orlando Magic on Oct. 25. They finish the regular season April 12 in Dallas against the Mavericks. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Bob Sirott, left, and John Records Landecker held down the afternoon and evening drives, respectively, for much of the 1970s on WLS. (WGN) Fire up your AM transistor radio and get ready to travel back in time tonight to the heyday of the Top 40, when WLS-AM 890 and WCFL-AM 1000 battled it out for supremacy on the Chicago airwaves. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, gives an update on Tropical Storm Erin at the National Hurricane Center, Aug. 14, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Tropical Storm Erin was expected to strengthen into a hurricane today as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides. More top stories from around the world: | 
