Study: Teen users of Facebook, Myspace more likely to drink, use drugs
The eternal struggle to keep young people away from bad influences has moved to a new frontier:
Get the full story >>Woman accused of recording interview with cops says she was frustrated
A woman accused of illegally recording a conversation with two Chicago police internal affairs detectives cried on the witness stand Tuesday...
Get the full story >>Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a big ego, but so what, if he does his job well?
How do you think Rahm's doing?
Get the full story >>Chicago, RTA fight back against 'tax avoidance kickback scheme'
Chicago and the Regional Transportation Authority on Tuesday filed the first of what are expected to be numerous lawsuits brought against...
Get the full story >>CPS budget to be considered Wednesday as teachers union and mayor fight battles
As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to approve a 2011-12 budget Wednesday, school officials and the teachers union are battling...
Get the full story >>State targets more health workers convicted of sex crimes or violence
The state is moving to rescind the licenses of 37 doctors and other health care workers under a new law that bans from their professions...
Get the full story >>Retired Chicago cop gets probation in SOS scandal
Eric Olsen was a relatively minor player in the Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section scandal who was doing what his...
Get the full story >>Contract dispute overshadows opening of Hinsdale schools
Public grade schools in the Hinsdale area are set to open Thursday amid a standoff between teachers and the school board over contract...
Get the full story >>More than 30 years later, Flight 191 memorial set to open in Des Plaines
When the anniversary of their parents' deaths comes around, sisters Melody Smith and Kim Jockl head to the chapel at O'Hare International...
Get the full story >>America doesn't want Gadhafi's head, just his oil
The last thing Americans want as a souvenir of our war in Libya is the head of the murderous dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Get the full story >>Gaylords charged with gun, drug and gang crimes
Police and federal agents swept through several suburban homes Tuesday, arresting members of the "Almighty Gaylords" street gang following...
Get the full story >>Ex-trader missing for 32 years will plead guilty, officials say
The former Chicago commodities trader who disappeared from his Highland Park home 32 years ago and was later declared dead agreed in a Las...
Get the full story >>Girl, 1, shot in head while walking with aunt
A 1-year-old girl is fighting for her life after she was shot in the head Tuesday morning on a street in the South Chicago neighborhood,...
Get the full story >>Quinn tweaks Emanuel on sinkhole, road work signs
The back-and-forth between Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel over major gambling expansion continued Tuesday, the tension between the...
Get the full story >>Should Chicagoans filter their drinking water?
With new findings on emerging contaminants, lead and hexavalent chromium in local tap water, it's natural for Chicago-area residents to...
Get the full story >>Legislative watchdog wants more power to investigate ethics violations
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers should be subject to censure for misconduct, banned from voting on legislation where there is a...
Get the full story >>Prosecutors reject Blagojevich's bias claims
Responding to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's motion to dismiss his June conviction on corruption charges, federal prosecutors in a filing...
Get the full story >>CPS starts work on longer school day, CTU head declines to serve on committee
Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday launched their plans to extend students' time in the classroom by 90 minutes each and by two weeks each...
Get the full story >>Little hoopla for invention that changed world
With the hindsight provided by 108 years, it would seem Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C., might have...
Get the full story >>Arrest warrant for no-show issued in insurance fraud case
A judge issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a Bartlett woman who tried to collect on an insurance policy by claiming her husband was an FBI...
Get the full story >>Prosecutors: Bolingbrook man suffocated 4-month-old son for crying
A Bolingbrook man allegedly suffocated his 4-month-old son in 2009, repeatedly pushing the boy's head down into the mattress they shared...
Get the full story >>Talks between CPS, teachers hit snag
Negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union hit a snag late Monday, when the two sides failed to come to agreement...
Get the full story >>Parolee and female partner charged in recent West Side robberies
A parolee and a female companion are accused of committing four robberies on the West Side and could be connected to several others across...
Get the full story >>1911 Chicago air show packed with thrills, spills
One hundred years ago, Chicago was the center of the aviation world when it hosted an international air meet. The show was considered a...
Get the full story >>Should CTU vote to open the contract today?
As Chicago Teachers Union delegates meet tonight to discuss the breakdown in negotiations over rescinded teacher raises, education experts...
Get the full story >>As Emanuel marks 100 days, City Hall watchdog waits to be unleashed
As a candidate, Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised City Hall's top watchdog a full set of teeth.
Get the full story >>Emanuel calls first 100 days 'just the beginning'
Mayor Rahm Emanuel declared Monday he has made a "down payment" during his first 100 days in office on the change he hopes to bring to...
Get the full story >>Man found guilty of 2007 slaying of U. of C. grad student
A Cook County jury late Monday convicted a man in the slaying of a University of Chicago doctoral student during a botched robbery nearly...
Get the full story >>11 health care workers lose licenses as anti-predator law takes effect
SPRINGFIELD — The state on Monday revoked the licenses of 11 health care workers who previously were convicted of sex offenses or...
Get the full story >>Contractor wife of Blagojevich crony gets 4 years of probation, $200K in fines and restitution
A former state contractor with close ties to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $200,000 in...
Get the full story >>Scary job climate is just right for Fright Fest interviews at Six Flags Great America
A zombie waited in line for measurements. Blood-curdling screams erupted from behind a partition. Other than that, a recent round of...
Get the full story >>That unhealthy glow
Tanning was as much a part of Lindsay Walsh's teenage social life as talking on the phone.
Get the full story >>Antonio DiBiase, 1935-2011: Performed as Tony Dee with Chicago Sounds Orchestra
When city worker Antonio DiBiase stepped to the microphone, he became "Tony Dee."
Get the full story >>Disabled man who can't speak finds voice through his art
Armando Saltiel's parents used to take him skiing in Aspen, Colo., but the altitude became too much for his fragile lungs. He rode horses,...
Get the full story >>Attorney for indicted Kane County coroner argues misconduct charges are vague
The attorney for the Kane County coroner argued Monday that the misconduct charges filed against his client should be declared...
Get the full story >>State GOP chooses Tinley Park for 2012 convention
The Illinois Republican Party will hold its 2012 state convention at Tinley Park's newly expanded convention center June 8 and 9,...
Get the full story >>DNA evidence the focus of latest appeal in 1992 killing of Waukegan girl, 11
Attorneys arguing over the latest appeal of Juan Rivera's murder conviction focused on the meaning of DNA evidence taken from 11-year-old...
Get the full story >>15 Naperville North students suspended for drinking
The suspensions of 15 Naperville North High School seniors who had been at drinking parties as late as 5 a.m. the morning of the first day...
Get the full story >>For first time in three years, CPS admissions process for magnet and selective schools is unchanged
The new Chicago Public Schools administration has decided not to change the admissions process for magnet and selective enrollment schools,...
Get the full story >>Naperville dentist charged with reckless homicide in tollway crash
A Naperville dentist has been charged with reckless homicide for allegedly driving his Porsche the wrong way on the Reagan Memorial...
Get the full story >>From Lynwood to Florida, saggy pants under assault
When police arrived outside a Lynwood party last month to check for curfew violators, Bowen High School student Cantrell Tremble, 18, wasn't...
Get the full story >>14-year-old shot to death in Austin was affiliated with gang, police say
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed execution-style Sunday afternoon several blocks from the Austin neighborhood group home where he had...
Get the full story >>Pregnant teen pleaded with gunman before shooting, prosecutor says
Moments before she was killed last week on Chicago's Southwest Side, Charinez Jefferson, 17, begged the gunman not to shoot because she was...
Get the full story >>The X factor of healing
For decades, Dick Hattan, of Geneva, suffered survivor guilt as a result of his tour in the Vietnam War. After members of his church...
Get the full story >>Academy for Urban School Leadership gets new board chairman
The Academy for Urban School Leadership, which manages teacher training academies in Chicago and oversees efforts to turn around several...
Get the full story >>Loyola team finds moderate drinking decreases Alzheimer's risk
Low to moderate amounts of drinking decrease the risk of dementia or other cognitive problems among middle-aged to older adults, according...
Get the full story >>Breast cancer survivors find joy, hope in chorus
When Melinda Pollack-Harris learned she had breast cancer seven years ago, she was grateful that her doctor told her in a roundabout way.
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