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Meter rates quadrupling (03 December 04:32) |
| Rates for most city parking meters will increase to $1 an hour -- and the most expensive meters will hit $6.50 by 2013 -- as a result of Mayor Daley's deal to lease the spots to a private fi... |
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FBI sting snares 15 law-enforcement officers (03 December 03:48) |
| Ten Cook County sheriff's correctional officers, four Harvey police officers and a Chicago police officer are among 17 people charged today in a federal drug case that accuses the officers o... |
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Rep. Kirk opposes Ryan clemency bid (03 December 03:29) |
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Jury convicts ex-Chicago cop (03 December 02:35) |
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Bail denied again in pufferfish toxin case (03 December 02:29) |
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Balfour charged in Hudson family killings (03 December 01:36) |
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2 Chicago women killed, 2 hurt in DeKalb crash (02 December 11:22) |
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Trial to open in honor student's slaying (02 December 10:06) |
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Rezko sentencing date set (02 December 09:20) |
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Northwest Side gas-price mystery a head-scratcher (02 December 11:30) |
| I set out Monday to solve the great gas-price mystery on the Northwest Side.
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In-law Baflour arrested in Hudson case murders (02 December 03:46) |
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Health insurance fee increases shocking to consumers (02 December 03:28) |
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Durbin to Bush: Commute Ryan sentence (02 December 02:52) |
| Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said today he is sending a letter to President George W. Bush urging him to commute the federal corruption sentence of former Republican Gov. George Ryan to time ... |
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Amnesty offered for red-light, parking tickets (02 December 02:01) |
| People with Chicago parking or red-light tickets who take advantage of an amnesty that began today could save money and avoid the possibility of getting "booted" next month.
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DCFS drops jobseeker drug tests (02 December 01:32) |
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Closing arguments begin in ex-cop's trial (01 December 11:42) |
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Don't mess with Obama motorcade (01 December 11:30) |
| Chicago drivers have been adjusting to a new reality since the Nov. 4 election: Wherever President-elect Barack Obama goes, traffic disruptions follow.
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Opening day for winter parking restrictions (01 December 11:30) |
| Breaking News blog: The latest on Chicago weather
The winter overnight parking ban on Chicago's arterial streets will begin... |
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Chicago man among victims of Mumbai attacks (01 December 11:30) |
| Born in India, Jeswani in Mumbai for business
A Chicago man was among those killed in widespread te... |
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Health debate: Flavored versus unflavored milk (01 December 09:25) |
| Got milk? Schools reconsider milk menu, cite concerns of health and nutrition
Cartons of milk still... |
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Girl's drive nets almost 250 bikes (26 November 11:30) |
| Some students at 5 Chicago schools will receive bikes
Thanks to the efforts of a Wilmette 3rd grade... |
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Long Grove crash kills 2 teens, hurts 3 (26 November 03:09) |
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Winter parking ban begins soon (26 November 02:48) |
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Stroger proposes county budget; critics say it won't work (25 November 11:53) |
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Durbin ponders asking Bush for Ryan clemency (25 November 11:35) |
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Suspect's escape prompts police review (25 November 09:52) |
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Bond set for suspects in Hanover Park killing (25 November 09:47) |
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Obamas keeping Kenwood abuzz (25 November 11:30) |
| Neighborhood could become a part of presidential lore
President-elect Barack Obama has dropped a ta... |
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Teen critically injured when he jumps from moving vehicle (25 November 11:30) |
| 70-plus students in driving game near St. Charles
A St. Charles North High School student was criti... |
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Jailhouse scam is just a phone call away (25 November 11:30) |
| Maymie Anderson was sitting in her Texas home last month watching Oprah when the phone rang and the caller, identifying himself as Sgt. Thomas, had startling news: Someone she loved had been... |
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YMCA teacher charged with abusing girls (25 November 01:07) |
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IIT student died after doing 'whippets' (25 November 12:23) |
| The 19-year-old Illinois Institute of Technology student who was found dead in his fraternity house Saturday died of asphyxia from inhaling nitrous oxide from a whipped cream container, auth... |
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Two NU student among Rhodes scholarship winners (24 November 05:32) |
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Huge Cook County layoffs without borrowing: Stroger (24 November 11:30) |
| County needs $740 million to pay bills, he says
Nine months after a sales-tax increase that was exp... |
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Airport revenue dries up (24 November 11:30) |
| If only Thanksgiving came along every week, Chicago airports could lift the city through rough economic times.
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Holiday airfares fall, but if you bought early . . . (24 November 11:30) |
| Fares fall as the holiday season draws near and airlines find themselves short on customers
For the... |
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Chicago church displays arm bone of Mother Cabrini (24 November 11:30) |
| Chicago church displays arm bone of Mother Cabrini
A sacred relic of an Italian-American nun who he... |
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Students get lesson in old-age sensitivity (24 November 11:30) |
| Youngsters get sensitivity lesson
On a recent fall day, 13 elementary school students sat around a... |
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Race still matters (24 November 11:30) |
| Many of you have told me that race doesn't matter anymore. You say that race is yesterday's news. The focus now should be on class.
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Water bill claims reader used 433,800 gallons (23 November 11:30) |
| Correct bill amount was identified but not 'meter reader'
On a cool Saturday afternoon last month, ... |
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Firefighter laid to rest 113 years later (23 November 11:30) |
| Married father of 8 was buried without a grave marker in 1895
Chicago firefighters laid to rest own... |
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Libertyville schools chief tops in state, panel says (23 November 11:30) |
| Libertyville schools chief named state's best
Seventeen years after he took the helm of Libertyvill... |
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3rd lawsuit filed in alleged Election Night abuse (22 November 11:30) |
| Officers allegedly used pepper spray on West Side crowds celebrating the Barack Obama victory
Another lawsuit was filed in f... |
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Loop school shuts, offers no refund (22 November 11:30) |
| 31-year-old Loop school is owned by parents of actor Billy Zane
Josephine Kilpatrick was only six w... |
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Pace updates its bus service (22 November 11:30) |
| Call-n-Ride debuts with route changes
Pace is rolling out service changes Sunday in suburban Cook a... |
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River drowning victim mourned (21 November 11:36) |
| Family, friends and classmates gathered this morning to mourn at the funeral for Adrian Jones, one of three West Side boys who drowned last week in the Fox River while on a school retreat.
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Teenagers protest Chicago police getting high-power rifles (21 November 11:30) |
| Department says guns aren't in use yet
Nearly 100 teens marched outside Chicago police headquarters... |
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Illinois autism bill would mandate insurance coverage (21 November 11:30) |
| Insurance companies would be required to cover autism diagnosis and treatment up to $36,000 a year under legislation sent to the governor Thursday.
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Ex-cop's jury told of cash stolen at traffic stop (21 November 11:30) |
| Jurors in the police corruption trial of Mahmoud Shamah listened Thursday as the officer agreed with his partner in a wiretapped conversation to pocket $100 each out of the $420 in cash they... |
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E-mail scam snares diamond ring (21 November 11:30) |
| A Bolingbrook woman was conned by someone in Wichita, Kan., who used a fake e-mail address from PayPal to get her to send him a four-carat diamond ring, police said.
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