Education reforms are signed into law
Gov. Pat Quinn signed ambitious education reforms into law Monday that will change how Illinois educators earn tenure and how districts...
Get the full story >>U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk using gravitas of office to influence home-state politics, policy
Little more than six months since Mark Kirk was sworn in, the state's junior U.S. senator has raised his profile and evolved into Illinois'...
Get the full story >>Rare WW II bomber engulfed in flames after emergency landing
They are hulking relics of aviation history, salvaged from scrap dealers and combat wreckage, painstakingly restored and — in rare...
Get the full story >>Elmhurst mom is charged after son was allegedly drugged
An Elmhurst woman was charged with attempted murder Monday after she allegedly gave her 7-year-old son a potentially lethal combination...
Get the full story >>Aurora dad gets 28 years in prison for baby's death
An Aurora man who admitted he became frustrated when his 5-month-old daughter wouldn't stop crying and refused to drink from a bottle was...
Get the full story >>Metra UP West Line runs out of engineers
Staffing increases should ensure that Metra trains run normally Tuesday, officials said, after a shortage of engineers upended train —...
Get the full story >>For many with disabilities, a 'dream come true'
When Stanley Ligas talks about moving out of the 96-bed facility where he has lived for years and into a small, community-based home for...
Get the full story >>Lawsuits: 'Real Housewives' cast members assaulted Chicago-area police officer, cousin
"Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast members beat up and injured a Chicago-area police officer and his cousin during a brawl this year at...
Get the full story >>Dr. James B. Nachman, 1948-2011
Dr. James B. Nachman, 62, an internationally known pediatric cancer specialist and pediatrics professor at the University of Chicago, died...
Get the full story >>Cutting costs a city-county team effort, report says
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle look for ways to close daunting budget gaps, they released a report...
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— Tammy Duckworth, an Illinoisan who lost both legs in the Iraq War after a rocket-propelled grenade struck the helicopter she was...
Get the full story >>Pope names 2 new Chicago auxiliary bishops
Pope Benedict XVI has named two Chicago priests to serve as auxiliary bishops in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Get the full story >>Divisive Northwestern journalism professor to retire
A controversial Northwestern University journalism professor who started a landmark program to investigate wrongful convictions will...
Get the full story >>Laughter clubs are no joke
Arms bent as if she were clutching the reins of an imaginary horse, Nydia Ramirez galloped around the room, letting loose a hearty laugh.
Get the full story >>Ask Tom why: Is there a weather reason why Monday is called "Stormy Monday," as in the blues song?
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Get the full story >>Plainfield woman found not guilty of battery in thermostat dispute with sister
A 62-year-old Plainfield woman whose simmering feud with her sister over the thermostat setting in their home escalated into a fight last...
Get the full story >>Coming a long way, baby and all
With only 60 percent of Illinois teens who become mothers in high school going on to graduate or get a GED certificate, Simpson Academy...
Get the full story >>LeVin in Illinois custody after parole violation
Ryan LeVin turned himself in to Illinois Department of Corrections custody Monday at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet for a parole...
Get the full story >>Mowing job led him to cut new path in life
Eric Willard had modest ambitions when, as a teenager, he started mowing lawns at a hospital for 75 cents an hour in his hometown of...
Get the full story >>A job that stays with you
During most summers as a teen, Allen Persons pulled beach towels and tennis shoes out of clogged sludge pumps or mowed lawns for Aurora's...
Get the full story >>Scandal, trials can wear down family bonds
Liz Brzeczek has no connection to Rod Blagojevich and his family, but she's been thinking about the former governor's daughters since the...
Get the full story >>Economy forces students to choose earning over learning in summer
When competition for spots at top universities increased, summer break became a way for high school students to burnish their resumes with...
Get the full story >>Brain lesion blamed in student's death
Though Christian Stilwell was in the audience for his high school's production of "Les Miserables" on April 14, you could just as easily...
Get the full story >>Controversy over public breast-feeding in Illinois has moms and health experts contemplating issue
Newborns today are more likely to be breast-fed than were babies from generations in the recent past, experts say.
Get the full story >>Battling middle-aged workout burnout
I knew something was wrong the moment I stepped into my gym's workout studio to discover that I was the only guy in the place.
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Brizard: Deal allows bonuses, but he would refuse this year
Get the full story >>Dispatches from a daughter for Father's Day
In 2004, I was covering a story when my mother called me to say my father, who was 77 at the time, had had a heart attack. As I raced to the...
Get the full story >>Police say DNA helped solve 30-year-old murder
Dawn Niles was last seen alive March 17, 1981, when she left Hinsdale South High School with her boyfriend Gary Albert.
Get the full story >>Dr. Paul Schimert, 1916-2011
Dr. Paul Schimert fled Berlin after World War II to become a pioneering cardiologist at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Get the full story >>What you post can come back to haunt you
Irresponsible electronic messaging has ensnared many politicians and celebrities, most recently U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., but more...
Get the full story >>Charge upgraded against man who police say spit and swung at them on Daley's last day
Prosecutors have stiffened the charge against a man who was arrested after he shouted obscenities at Richard Daley as he left City Hall on...
Get the full story >>City may put a lid on latest eco-trend
Just as Chicago consumers get the hang of reusable grocery bags, a new movement has sprouted to make local grocery shopping even greener:...
Get the full story >>Mom receives slain son's diploma
Isaiah Carter would have been the 16th student to walk across the stage during the Manley Career Academy High School commencement ceremony...
Get the full story >>Vonda Urban, 1918-2011
As a ballroom dance instructor in the 1950s and 1960s, Vonda Urban taught the masses how to roll their hips and sway to the mambo and the...
Get the full story >>Time running out for cops on the trail of the 'Wheaton Bandit'
For nearly 10 years, federal and local authorities have hunted for one of the Chicago area's most prolific and elusive bank robbers —...
Get the full story >>Next for Lake Shore Drive: Repaving and more delays this week
Repairs on a section of North Lake Shore Drive are moving from patching the base to repaving the surface this week, and the bottom line...
Get the full story >>CDOT is seeking new logo
The Chicago Department of Transportation's logo — CDOT with an orange circle filling the "C'' — is nearly 10 years old and in...
Get the full story >>Ex-inmate freed in Burge torture case struggles to build new life
At first glance, Eric Caine's resume appears typical for someone looking for work in a tough economy.
Get the full story >>Emanuel to add 150 more beat cops
Last month, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his plan to reshuffle 500 Chicago police officers primarily to beat-patrol duties to assign more...
Get the full story >>Mayor to graduates: Learn from adversity
Mayor Rahm Emanuel recounted his own setbacks at two Chicago graduations Saturday while telling students that how they respond to...
Get the full story >>Priest's $300,000 theft puts spotlight on gambling addiction
Within weeks of arriving at Roselle's St. Walter Catholic Church, the Rev. John Regan began stealing from the collection plate to fund his...
Get the full story >>In a world of political emails, why wait for the real thing
Distinguished reporters began poring over 24,000 pages of email messages from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin last week in the outside...
Get the full story >>Hit-and-run driver expected to surrender in Illinois for separate parole case
Ryan LeVin may be heading to prison Monday — but not for the hit-and-run deaths of two British tourists in Florida. LeVin is...
Get the full story >>Man, 22, held without bail in shooting that wounded 2 young girls
Antonio Bucio, a member of the Maniac Latin Disciples, told authorities he was aiming for rivals who were "disrespecting his gang" when he...
Get the full story >>Passerby helps track down driver in fatal DUI
Alberto Aceves was driving home from his landscaping job Wednesday evening when he saw a black Dodge Neon in front of him strike a man who...
Get the full story >>Murder convictions overturned over error
Authorities have portrayed William Fillyaw as a violent criminal, a man capable of bursting into an unsuspecting woman's apartment and...
Get the full story >>Tahara: Respect for the dead and comfort for the living
On the table lay a human form covered by a white sheet. A small group of people gathered around. Nisan Chavkin, steering committee...
Get the full story >>Controversial O'Hare concession contract poses test for Emanuel
A political battle over a multimillion-dollar contract to control what international travelers eat and buy at O'Hare International Airport...
Get the full story >>Few up in arms over Park District's deal with Loyola
Three years ago, a proposal by the prestigious Latin School to build a soccer field on public land in Lincoln Park prompted such a hue and...
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