City wants to shutter speeders
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is asking state lawmakers to allow Chicago to use red-light cameras to automatically ticket drivers who speed through...
Get the full story >>Sources: Heroin stolen from Will County sheriff's evidence locker
A large amount of heroin has been stolen from a shipping container that Will County sheriff's police were using to store evidence, police...
Get the full story >>Ask Tom why: I remember a period when every month had at least one 70-degree day. Can you tell me when that was?
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Get the full story >>High school test scores fall to a new low
About half of Illinois public high school students flunked state exams in reading, math and science this year, the worst performance in...
Get the full story >>Producer sets stage for details of shakedown in Cellini case
Springfield power broker William Cellini and Hollywood producer Thomas Rosenberg, a Chicago real estate mogul who made it big in Hollywood,...
Get the full story >>Michelle Obama bringing nutrition battle to Chicago
— First lady Michelle Obama's office released details Wednesday night of her planned visit to Chicago on Tuesday, including two...
Get the full story >>Chicago water rates, vehicle sticker fees could rise with inflation
Chicago taxpayers still grumpy over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plans to charge more for water and city stickers got more bad news Wednesday: He...
Get the full story >>David Clarence McClintock, 1924-2011
David Clarence McClintock was 19, a farm boy from Indiana just a year into his electrical engineering studies at Northwestern University,...
Get the full story >>Massive doors of 'Cathedral on the Prairie' getting overhaul
Battered and rotted in places by exposure to 151-years of Chicago's steamy summers and deep-freeze winters, six massive wooden doors that...
Get the full story >>Cheers for 'Boss,' even if it blurs reality a bit
At one point in "Boss" — Starz's entertaining new TV drama of Chicago political corruption and steamy hotel-corridor sex that...
Get the full story >>Unusual arrangement for U. of I. sports
The University of Illinois in June announced a massive fundraising campaign for financial aid assistance, its latest effort to help...
Get the full story >>CTA on collision course with union, but no fare hikes — yet
CTA leaders are counting on the support of the public as they go toe-to-toe with the agency's labor unions to trim next year's budget...
Get the full story >>Baseball struts back to Schaumburg
Bears, lions, tigers. Sports team names evoke many powerful animals, but one northwest suburb has summoned the almighty prairie chicken &#...
Get the full story >>Lake search for Highland Park man put on hold
Highland Park resident Mayur Patel has been missing since Sunday after a canoe accident on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, and Door County...
Get the full story >>Lakefront hit by high winds, waves and flooding
Chicago's lakefront bike and jogging path was closed Wednesday morning after warnings of high winds, high waves and lake shore flooding.
Get the full story >>Federal deportation review of illegal immigration cases brings mix of hope, confusion
Inside the yellow house on Genesee Street, Clara Ibarra can hear the sound of grinding teeth from several rooms away — grating and...
Get the full story >>Oak Lawn activist accused of forging signatures
A 69-year-old Oak Lawn community activist has been charged with forging signatures on ballot petitions to support a referendum drive for the...
Get the full story >>Misconduct charges against Kane coroner keep 2 courtrooms busy
Litigation involving Kane County Coroner Charles West kept lawyers and judges busy in two separate courtrooms Wednesday.
Get the full story >>Florida imposes heavy fines, penalties for improper property tax breaks
Florida's status as a top tourism and retirement destination has led to heavy penalties there that are vigorously enforced against people...
Get the full story >>State panel examines driver's education problems
Cooperation between two groups largely responsible for teaching teens how to drive hasn't always been easy, but representatives from both...
Get the full story >>Aldermen: Religious institutions should get break on water
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to end free water for nonprofits emerged Wednesday as a possible sticking point in his budget proposal as aldermen...
Get the full story >>Improper property tax break costs millions
One of the most popular ways to lower property tax bills is also one of the most misused — benefiting thousands of people ranging from...
Get the full story >>Online Illinois doctor database launches
Illinois patients can now research their doctors using an online database the state launched Wednesday.
Get the full story >>2 boys shot at housing complex
A 17-year-old and a 15-year-old were hospitalized after they were shot Tuesday evening at a housing complex on Chicago's South Side,...
Get the full story >>Quinn says he's sticking to principles on gambling
Gov. Pat Quinn sought Tuesday to stake out "fundamental principles" on gambling that threaten to derail a future Chicago casino, but casino...
Get the full story >>Son killed, mother wounded in Avondale home invasion
A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed and his mother seriously wounded when two masked men forced their way into the family's apartment in...
Get the full story >>U.S. House committee resumes probe of Jackson Jr.
WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday that it has resumed consideration of whether U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. acted...
Get the full story >>No change in city's credit is good news to Emanuel
No news is good news when it comes to the city's bond ratings, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday after three bond rating agencies affirmed the...
Get the full story >>Arthur F. Holmes, 1924-2011
Arthur F. Holmes brought a distinctly Christian perspective to philosophy but was able to clearly and comprehensively convey other...
Get the full story >>Man, 71, gets 30 years in 1982 motorcycle clubhouse killing
Almost 30 years after Carlton Richmond was murdered at a Lake County motorcycle clubhouse when he didn't pay up on a bet over a bottle...
Get the full story >>Cellini's lawyers attack credibility of witness
Attorneys for Springfield power broker William Cellini, on trial for attempted extortion, spent much of Tuesday trying to suggest to the...
Get the full story >>Ask Tom why: Which major league baseball team has had the most games postponed due to inclement weather?
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Get the full story >>Emanuel: I talked with top cop before police arrested protesters
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy consulted before police moved in to arrest Occupy Chicago protesters...
Get the full story >>Shelter owner who let dogs starve will spend nights in prison for 30 months
Diane Eldrup will spend her nights in prison for the next 30 months for running what a Lake County judge called a "concentration camp for...
Get the full story >>Nonprofit program supported by Tribune puts young parents on right track
Pregnant at 19, Veronica Vargas tried living with her boyfriend when the baby arrived, but the relationship didn't work out.
Get the full story >>Book by Martha Stewart's daughter inspires sympathy for domestic diva
If ever there were a hard act for a daughter to follow, it would be Martha Stewart's.
Get the full story >>Teen convicted in shooting that left victim paralyzed
Shortly after a teen was convicted Tuesday of shooting and paralyzing her son at a West Side party, Detreena Perteet stood in the lobby of...
Get the full story >>Cellini's lawyer takes aim at star witness
Whether Stuart Levine comes off as a believable government witness or a drug-addled schemer not to be trusted is a key issue at...
Get the full story >>CPS creating one-stop support system for schools
Chicago Public Schools is creating a one-stop support system for principals and schools that will eventually help them in everything from...
Get the full story >>Woman found slain in Glen Ellyn; ex-husband sought by cops
A mother of two young children was found strangled in the bathtub of her Glen Ellyn apartment Sunday, authorities said.
Get the full story >>Schools that met recycling targets rewarded with supplies
More than 300 schools that met Chicago Public Schools' recycling targets last year will get supplies from Office Depot.
Get the full story >>Disney star gets restraining order against former Des Plaines man
Disney star Selena Gomez has obtained a restraining order against a former Des Plaines man who was twice convicted in Cook County of...
Get the full story >>Cook County OKs union deal, but storm clouds loom over next one
The Cook County Board approved new contracts for 1,900 union employees Tuesday that include retroactive pay raises but do nothing to avert a...
Get the full story >>Inspector general praises Emanuel's budget
City Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, who had questioned Mayor Rahm Emanuel's commitment to watchdog efforts, said Tuesday that the...
Get the full story >>Dr. Ellis D. Johnson, 1920-2011
Dr. Ellis D. Johnson, one the first African-American physicians to be board certified in three specialties — psychiatry, neurology and...
Get the full story >>Settlement reached in Muslim's suit over denial of time off for hajj
Safoorah Khan hoped 2008 would be a turning point in her spiritual life.
Get the full story >>Ex-youth supervisor accused of sex assault
A former youth supervisor at a juvenile detention center in Joliet went on trial Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old...
Get the full story >>Dads' hoop dreams rise before the sun
It's cold, damp and pitch-black outside when Kevin McGann shuffles up to unlock the doors at the St. Francis Xavier School gymnasium. West...
Get the full story >>Pediatrics group warns against crib bumper pads
Many parents will soon hear from their pediatricians that bumper pads should not be used in cribs because babies can suffocate against or be...
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