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Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians on strike
Musicians at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra went on strike Saturday, a move that potentially throws the organization’s upcoming season into chaos.
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Long-awaited police sergeants exam expected to be world’s largest
Chicago will hold its first police sergeants exam in seven years in 2013, with thousands of frustrated officers who’ve never had the chance to get promoted expected to take one of the largest sergeants exams held anywhere in the world. Six pre-approved companies are vying for the right to develop and administer the first such exam since 2006. The city expects to choose a winner as early as next week and hold the exam in late summer or early fall of 2013, records show.
1 dead after 3 accidents shut I-290 in both directions
Three accidents reduced traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway to a standstill Saturday night, according to Illinois State Police. At one point, all but one inbound lane was closed and traffic rerouted around the accidents. But as of 12 a.m. Sunday, all lanes were reopened. The …
Three dead, 10 wounded — including 3 women — in weekend shootings
Three men were dead and at least 10 people were wounded in separate shootings from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon. At 7 p.m. Saturday, a 29-year-old man was shot in the face and body in the Gresham neighborhood, police said. Officers found the man dead …
Two men charged with stealing $50,000 from Obama campaign
Two men were behind bars for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in checks from President Barack Obama’s Chicago campaign headquarters. Jessie Adams, 36, of the 1100 block of Spencer Road in Joliet, was charged with one count of being an organizer of a financial crime …
Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians on strike
Musicians at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra went on strike Saturday, a move that potentially throws the organization’s upcoming season into chaos.
Man shot in Humboldt Park area
A man was wounded in a shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon. The shooting happened about 2:45 p.m. in 1500 block of North Kedvale Avenue, according to police. The approximately 20-year-old victim suffered two gunshot wounds. Paramedics took him from the scene at …
City plans new park in Little Village at former asphalt factory site
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday received a plan to build a park at the former Fisk and Crawford coal plants, which were shut down earlier this year by Midwest Generation, after more than a decade of protests from community groups and residents in the Little …
Cabbies serving disabled community can vie for medallion
In an effort to encourage more accessible taxicabs in Chicago, the city is offering a pretty valuable incentive to drivers who serve the disabled community: a Chicago taxi medallion. The nomination period for the 2012 Taxicab Driver Excellence Award -- whose winner will receive the …
Bank branch in Near West Side Jewel robbed
A bank branch inside a Jewel store on the Near West Side was robbed Saturday morning, authorities said. About 10:15 a.m., a man handed a note announcing a robbery to a teller at the TCF Bank branch in the Jewel store at 1200 S. Ashland …
Five injured in CTA bus crash
5 hospitalized when CTA bus hits car on SW Side Five people were hospitalized Saturday morning when a CTA bus and a car collided in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood. Chicago Fire Department personnel were notified at 9:58 a.m. of the crash at 46th …
Teen with history of depression missing from Northwest Side
An alert has been issued for a missing Northwest Side Dunning neighborhood 17-year-old girl last seen on Thursday. Rachel Arias is suffering from depression and may have driven to Wisconsin, an alert from Area North Special Victims Unit detectives said. Arias is missing from the …
Teenager killed, man wounded in West Pullman shooting
A teenager was shot to death on a sidewalk in the Far South Side West Pullman neighborhood early Saturday. Police responded to the 0 to 100 block of West 122nd Street about 1:50 a.m. to investigate a call of shots fired, police News Affairs Officer …
Rich East teacher suspended for alleged ‘inappropriate conduct’
A teacher at Rich East High School in Park Forest has been placed on administrative leave for alleged “inappropriate conduct” involving a recent graduate of the school, Rich Township High School District 227 said in a statement Friday. The district said it has launched an …
Riverdale police fatally shoot man who allegedly pointed gun at officers
Riverdale police shot and killed a man who allegedly pointed a gun at them in the south suburb Friday evening. Officers were responding to reports that someone was firing a gun, and allegedly saw 40-year-old Steven L. Watson enter an apartment building in the 13900 …
Ride-along: No murders, one shooting makes it a ‘good day’ in Englewood
Toriano Clinton rolls up to a curbside memorial for a dead gang member and slows his SUV. “Hey, Pretty Boy,” a middle-aged drug dealer calls to the plainclothes Englewood District cop. Clinton smiles, even though he hates the nickname. “Everything cool, cuz?” he says. The dealer nods. Throughout his shift on this hot summer night, Clinton will go through the same exchange a dozen times. Police work in one of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods isn’t only about chasing the bad guys and locking them up. It’s also about connecting with the people you see every day — even the bad
- Ride-along: No murders, one shooting makes it a ‘good day’ in Englewood
- County pays $230k to settle lawsuit brought by ex-staffer for Peraica
- What will Chicago Public Schools calendar be next year?
- Does fixing Red Line mean extension to 130th Street more likely?
- Appeals court: State can’t force pharmacists to sell ‘morning-after pill’
- Libel suit filed against Sun-Times Media over Courier-News article
- Assessor employee suspended for getting property tax break twice
- Man pulled from Chicago River downtown dies
- Same recipe for next year’s Taste of Chicago: Shorter and remixed
- Feds: Chicago men grew $7 million worth of cannabis near Kankakee
- Feds: Crooked lawyer tripped up by text messages
- First Chicago Maid-Rite opens in Lincoln Park
- Paying for the new teacher contract
- Legalized video gambling being tested at Joliet bar
- Alderman proposes $5-a-month ‘safety and security fee’ to pay for 700 more cops
- At the end of the long trial, Christopher Vaughn jurors assemble one last time
- Mayor Emanuel takes to airwaves to tout his education plans
- Ratification vote on teachers union contract set for Oct. 2
- No bond for Hillside teen charged in bombing attempt
- State attorney general argues for law requiring parental notification when minors get abortions
- Highway department truck slams into home near Homer Glen
- City inspector general: Police evidence inadequately protected
- Smoke detectors at apartment where infant died weren’t working
- John Wayne Gacy investigation helps identify body found in Utah
- American Airlines pilots picket at O’Hare
- Libertyville man pleads guilty to stealing CME Group software
- 8-year-old girl escapes kidnapping attempt in Lawndale
- Raises, contract length were key to turning strike around
- Household income in Chicago nearly $7,000 less than national average
- New way to make extra cash: Rent out your car
- Jury takes less than hour to convict Christopher Vaughn of murder
- $50,000 in checks sent from Obama campaign stolen
- Exclusive: CTU’s Karen Lewis on Emanuel, Vitale — and Steinem
- Building collapses in extra-alarm fire in West Englewood
- Need prayer? Drive-thru service available in Aurora
- Chicago teachers, students head back to school after strike
- Jesse Jackson Jr.’s tumultuous summer
- Baby girl found dead after West Side apartment building blaze
- Cop charged with taking $5K bribe to ‘forget’ traffic stop
- State workers rally to stop layoffs, but Quinn blames union, Legislature
- Chris Vaughn’s day of reckoning finally here
- Ex-Bear Sam Hurd faces more drug charges in Texas court
- Jackson blames rising medical costs as reason behind house sale
- Joliet man gets 87 years for raping 6-year-old girl
- Emanuel focuses on contract’s benefits, not new costs
- The ‘milkman,’ dead at 64, provided dairy products to Chicago’s public schools
- Bicyclist rides down CTA station ramp, winds up on tracks
- Missing your comics? Tomorrow we will run double in expanded edition
- Teen robbers targeting female victims in Chicago Lawn
- Ex-boyfriend charged in love triangle shooting
- Woman raped in her Gold Coast apartment
- ‘Tremendous victories’: Details of the teachers contract
- Is highest ticket tax in nation now on deck for Chicago?
- Magazine: Romney suggested Iran could threaten Chicago with ‘dirty bomb’
- Romney points to 1998 Obama remarks to divert attention from flap over video
- Chicago students will make up lost days, but it’s not clear when
- Fired First Baptist pastor to plead guilty in sex scandal involving 17-year-old
- Winners and losers in teachers’ strike — Rahm Emanuel is both
- In video, Sen. Mark Kirk urges action on Ill. credit rating
- Rich Township H.S. fires counselor who authored racy book
- Coming this fall: Rapid transit buses to ‘Jump’ ahead of traffic
- Emanuel: Deal is ‘honest compromise’
- Two more cougar sightings on North Shore
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 20
- Charges filed after two men crashed through Macy’s window during fight
- Joliet Diocese again removes priest from public ministry
- Plainfield family gets $1.8 million settlement from 2003 Metra derailment
- Cop arrested for allegedly taking bribe to fix traffic case
- Carnival worker charged with sexually abusing toddlers, videotaping attacks
- Jurors to get Christopher Vaughn murder case on Thursday
- Ex-state Rep. Derrick Smith leading in election poll despite indictment, expulsion
- Q & A: What’s next in teachers strike
- Man finds handicapped parking placard, uses it for a year: police
- Rev. Jesse Jackson secures release of Americans in Gambia
- Jesse Jackson Jr.’s fall opponent: ‘I’m asking him to campaign or resign’
- Parolee charged with murdering woman at luxury hotel
- Huge Burmese python found near Waukegan beach
- Rahm Emanuel gambles and loses — for now — with teacher strike injunction attempt
- He had $1 million Powerball winning ticket in his wallet for six weeks and didn’t know it
- Defense: Teen accused in bomb plot ‘immature’
- Police investigate texts, emails involving New Trier students
- Man charged in police-involved shooting that left man dead
- Judge punts on forcing teachers back; union delegates to decide on Wednesday return
- Man fatally shot in apparent love triangle
- Assessor’s office looking into improper exemptions
- Chicago terror bomber targeted my bar, co-owner of Cal’s says
- Lake Forest High School open despite strike
- Chicago teachers strike timeline
- Man fatally struck by vehicle while fleeing robbers
- Lynwood woman charged in hit-and-run crash that hurt cop
- George H.W. Bush’s former education secretary rips Chicago teachers
- Union releases details of pact that could end teachers’ strike
- Feds: Hillside teen bent on jihad plotted to blow up downtown bar
- Rev. Jackson to ask Gambian president to halt executions
- 5 dead, 23 wounded in shootings since Friday night
- ‘I’m afraid of dying;’ Violence hits home for aldermen
- Police: Man who pointed gun at cops fatally shot by officers in Roseland
- Teacher deal could lead to property tax hikes, school closings, layoffs
- What will kids get out of deal between teachers, Chicago Public Schools?
- Cook County prosecutor hospitalized after North Side attack
- Jewish school in Hyde Park tried to push out black teen, lawsuit claims
- Kids: Week of playing, watching movies at school during strike not bad
- Christopher Vaughn’s defense centers on role of wife’s medications
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 19
- Cook County prosecutor hospitalized after North Side attack
- Bond denied for teen in fatal shooting of 15-year-old in Lansing
- City looking for a few good goats — for O’Hare job
- Doctors: Christopher Vaughn’s wife not suicidal, depressed before family killed
- Tensions erupt at wake for slain teen rapper Lil JoJo
- Former neighbor found guilty of 1957 murder of 7-year-old girl
- Union head: Teachers ‘tired of billionaires telling us what ... to do’
- Online system to track city response 311 calls
- Man killed in wrong-way crash on Borman expressway
- Two people shot minutes apart in Ukrainian village
- Boy, 12, shot in Back of the Yards
- Lessons Mayor Rahm Emanuel can learn from teacher strike
- Parents appreciate extended hours
- Girl, 13, falls through skylight of Northwest Side business
- Calumet City’s top lawyer’s new post means huge pension boost
- Former state trooper charged with Chicago Heights murder
- 15-year-old found dead in Lansing alley was shot in head: autopsy
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 18
- Berwyn police kill 2 pit bulls after attack on woman and dog
- 43 Latin Kings targeted in two-year drug investigation
- Testimony wraps up for the day in Christopher Vaughn murder trial
- Girl, 12, missing from CPS strike site
- CPS says agreement possible Friday, union less optimistic
- Church: Priest can return after abuse accusation
- Chicago cop injured in hit-and-run
- 2 dead, 7 wounded in overnight shootings
- Sharon McGhee, WVON news director, dead of ovarian cancer at 55
- Superstar rapper 50 Cent defends Chief Keef
- Two boys, 14, shot on Southwest Side
- Chicago area Muslims react to killings in Libya, video about Muhammad
- One dead, one wounded in South Side shooting
- Derrick Rose: ‘Sad that my city got to go through’ teachers strike
- Park District awards 1st construction contract for Grant Park overhaul
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 17
- City Hall explores legal options in teachers strike
- $1.1B Midway improvements promised under new ‘use agreement’
- U. of C. moves up to No. 4 on list of top colleges
- Program lets first-time, non-violent offenders clear name
- Two charged after shootout with police on North Side
- Trainer charged with sexual abuse of teen freed on bail
- CTU picketer struck by car in West Town; second hit in two days
- Witness: 1957 Sycamore murder victim, 7, suffered 3 deep stab wounds
- Charges upgraded to reckless homicide for Highland Park woman
- CTA cuts 12 bus routes, adds more L train runs and service to 48 bus routes
- Post-Lollapalooza Grant Park restoration work complete
- Chicago Public Schools students back in class by Friday?
- Defense attorneys begin their case for Christopher Vaughn
- How will CPS pay for a new contract after strike ends?
- Police: Man suspected in six gas station holdups
- Teen’s body found in south suburban alley
- Lake Forest High School teachers decide to strike
- Chicago ready to buy land near Union Station for bus rapid transit center
- State, ACLU reach agreement on plan to improve care of juvenile offenders
- Unexplained rise in police-involved shootings in recent weeks
- Labor leaders supporting striking teachers invoke 9-11 terrorist attacks
- Can teachers strike over evaluations? ‘Yes and no,’ experts say
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 16
- Video: Day 2 of teachers strike
- 47% of Chicago voters back teachers
- Cab driver who killed U. of C. student held on $200,000 bail
- Thousands march on Michigan Ave. in support of striking teachers
- Frustration mounts for parents on second day of strike
- Dying mother named son as killer, woman testifies in 1957 murder case
- Amtrak passenger numbers surge in Illinois
- Blood expert says Christopher Vaughn’s story doesn’t gel with evidence
- Teachers strike enters its 3rd day with two sides ‘kilometers apart’
- Three arrested after shooting at police on North Side
- West suburban teachers’ union sues over evaluations
- Five people injured in taxicab and vehicle crash on Northwest Side
- September 11 memorial services planned around the area
- County to make safety fixes on roadway where correctional officer was killed
- CPS’ contingency half-day programs were open the first day of the strike
- The remaining issues in dispute, according to Rahm Emanuel
- Teachers strike leaves parents scrambling: ‘As long as they’re on strike, I can’t work either.’
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 15
- Aldermen back mayor, but parents with teachers
- John Daley joins other county officials in OKing Koschman probe legal bills
- IHSA denies CPS waiver to continue sports amid strike — but practices might continue
- Cabbie charged with reckless homicide in River West crash
- Maria Ridulph’s brother testifies in trial for 1957 murder
- Ballistics expert disputes Christopher Vaughn’s version of family shootings
- Students among 39 injured in Marseilles school bus crash
- Man dies after gyrocopter crash at Lansing airport
- Analysis: Teachers strike leaves Emanuel between a rock and a hard place
- Eight injured in CTA bus crash on Southwest Side
- Pilot dies in Wisconsin plane crash
- Korecki’s book: Jesse Jackson Jr. offered to arrange Blagojevich a pardon from Obama
- Teachers strike heads to Day Two; Board chief tells union ‘we should resolve this’ Tuesday
- Police shoot suspect in South Chicago neighborhood
- CTA offers free rides to CPS students during strike
- So where do you take the kids today?
- Man dies, two children injured in accident on I-90
- Police shoot person in Austin neighborhood
- Where parents can take children during strike
- Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years; contingency sites ready, charters remain open
- With picket signs, T-shirts, teachers ready for action
- CPS parents prepping for the unknown
- Rahm Emanuel ‘not in the room,’ but ‘very well tuned in’
- Robert Paul Revenaugh, lawyer and financial planner, dies at at 82
- Charter school leaders: Class is in session here
- Two arrested in fight that cleared South Side football stadium
- Chicago school negotiators take up new offer as strike deadline nears
- Red Bull flying contest canceled for unsafe marine conditions
- Parents, students protest — some back teachers, others demand no strike
- Chief Keef and Lil JoJo: A rap feud straight outta Englewood
- Lance Armstrong prohibited from running Chicago Marathon
- Strike talk: the key players in the negotiations between CPS, teachers union
- Judge: Chicago Bears don’t owe county $4.1M in amusement tax
- Simeon-Morgan Park football game canceled after fight
- With Drew Peterson trial over, case of another missing Will County woman on the ‘front burner’
- Drew Peterson jurors coordinated clothing ‘because we were bored’
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 14
- Legal experts: Little reason to charge Drew Peterson with Stacy’s murder
- CPS’s How To Guide for workers at strike contingency schools
- 2 in custody after shots fired at Normal high school
- Gentlemen’s club owners sentenced to prison for tax fraud
- Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic, at home in D.C.
- State Street closed to vehicles Saturday in Loop
- Drew Peterson jurors: Hearsay evidence was key to verdict
- Suit: CPS teacher bullied, fired by principal after complaint over class size
- Bullet tears through school bus on S. Side
- ‘Light at the end of tunnel’ in Christopher Vaughn murder trial
- Chicago teacher contract talks resume Saturday, still ‘disappointed,’ says one
- Pedestrian killed in South Side hit-and-run
- 2 police officers among 3 seriously injured in crash
- 1 killed, 4 wounded in shootings since Thursday evening
- Police shoot man in arm on South Side
- Marchers seek ‘justice for an angel’
- Four years later, ‘down-to-earth’ president still this barber’s top customer
- Anger over Chief Keef’s Tweet mocking rival’s murder explodes online
- Drew Peterson conviction comes at crucial time in Glasgow re-election bid
- Cop pleads guilty to DUI for Dan Ryan crash that killed two
- At the Joliet courthouse, singing, chanting and f-bombs
- Durbin plays coy on re-election talk
- Could Drew Peterson conviction in third wife’s death mean charges in fourth wife’s case?
- Feds to auction indicted ex-Dixon comptroller’s horses
- Supreme Court could be Drew’s best hope
- Man in Dan Ryan crash was fatally shot: autopsy
- Police seek dump truck in fatal hit-and-run
- Videos: Reaction to the Drew Peterson guilty verdict
- Drew Peterson verdict: As it happened on social media
- Lil JoJo Tweeted his location just hours before he was slain
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 13
- Peterson attorneys predict successful appeal
- Drew Peterson: ‘What can you do when the deck is stacked’
- Drew Peterson juror: Hearsay evidence did him in
- Friday is last day to return overdue books with no fines, no questions asked
- CTU president says teachers contract talks take ‘turn for the better’
- Illinois Tollway suing worst scofflaws
- Dangerous mold count means another bad day for those with allergies
- Three ex-DuPage forest district employees charged in kickback scheme
- NTSB urges safety gear for taxiing jets after incidents at O’Hare, other airports
- Computer records show Christopher Vaughn tracked down stripper, her family
- 1 dead, 1 critical in Dan Ryan shooting and crash
- Three men rob victims with baseball bat
- After second in family killed, family may return to Africa
- City aims to end pedestrian deaths over next decade
- Sycamore hospital fatal shootings were murder-suicide
- 18-year-old cited in Highland Park crash that killed girl, 5
- No balloon finale for Democrats
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 12
- Bill Daley defends brother’s record on schools after Emanuel jab
- Chicago Public Schools teachers: Monday strike date still on
- Police: Teens forced boys as young as 8 to commit break-ins
- Koschman prosecutor Dan K. Webb’s bill so far: $255,213
- Was that Rahm Emanuel? Or Knute Rockne? Or Elvis?
- South Side teen shot by cops held on $1.5 million bail
- After 8.5 hours of deliberations, Drew Peterson jurors break for night
- Owner cited after pit bull bites toddler in the face
- Metra breaks ground on new station in Ravenswood
- Mold, grass mean first bad day for allergy sufferers this season
- Another possible cougar sighting in the North Shore
- Major Lake Shore Drive resurfacing project begins today
- Stroger pal Eugene Mullins appears in court on kickback charges
- Pathologist won’t say if Christopher Vaughn family’s deaths were homicides
- Cops find $256K in synthetic pot, wrapped as ‘Scooby Snax’
- South Side corridor a hot spot for pedestrian crashes
- Two people fatally shot in Sycamore hospital room
- Indicted ex-Dixon comptroller’s luxury motor home to be auctioned by feds
- Mom who killed baby not guilty by reason of insanity
- Lisa Madigan refuses to tip hand on governor’s race
- Jury awards $1.6 million to sheriff’s employees who claim they were unfairly demoted
- Highland Park police awaiting crime lab results in curb-jumping crash that killed girl
- Man charged in 2008 murder; had been accused of shooting at cops twice since then
- Malaysians apologize for suburban flag flap
- Tinley Park man charged after yelling racial slurs at man working next door, prosecutors say
- WBEZ’s Steve Edwards heading to University of Chicago
- Tinley Park man charged with hate crime for assaulting black worker
- Rich Township H.S. district appoints lawyer to investigate coach who wrote racy book
- Drew Peterson case to go to jury Wednesday
- National union head: Chicago teachers, Democrats need to find ‘common ground’
- ‘I need to finish this,’ CPS’ Brizard says of teacher contract talks
- Police shoot two people within 3-1/2 hours
- Ex-stripper: Vaughn wanted to leave wife, move to Canada
- Madigan hints at pension deal in January
- Car jumps curb in Highland Park, killing 5-year-old girl
- Walking in downtown Chicago? Beware the taxicabs
- Top moments at the Drew Peterson trial as the end draws near
- Chicago’s Michael Clarke Duncan, an Oscar nominee for ‘The Green Mile,’ dies at 54
- Rahm Emanuel to cut short Democratic convention trip
- ‘We need to finish this,’ Brizard says of teacher contract talks
- Teachers rally; Lewis calls Emanuel ‘liar and bully’
- Police: Officer fires upon person wielding semi-automatic handgun
- What’s new this school year in CPS
- Gov. Quinn’s proposed ban on gaming donations a tough sell
- Man dies in Lake Shore Drive crash
- Police: Offficer shoots person wielding semi-automatic handgun
- State trooper injured in rollover crash
- Mayor Emanuel defends Chicago’s handling of shooting sprees
- Of 9 cities, Chicago behind only New York as dangerous for cyclists
- Two-wheel trouble: Bike crashes in city up 38% over the past decade
- Teen charged with shooting another teen in front of his mother
- Emanuel frames Romney as a backward-looking candidate
- Army sergeant from Chicago killed by Tacoma police
- Train derails on S’west Side, knocking freight into back yard
- Charter plane passenger has ‘medical emergency’ in Indiana
- Mayor Emanuel is Charlotte-bound — despite teachers strike threat
- Police: Gang member had an AK-47
- Vendor-based after school CPS programs suspended over contractual glitch
- Cardinal George: With God and prayers, ‘I’m sure it’ll be all right’
- Worker critically injured in West Side fire
- City Colleges faculty, administrators reach tentative agreement
- Sneed exclusive: Braun and Burris not invited to the DNC
- Could City Colleges contract provide framework for a CPS deal?
- Two swimmers rescued from Lake Michigan
- Looming teachers strike: ‘You could see this train coming’
- Chicago cop was federal ‘mole’ in corruption cases
- Three apartment buildings catch fire in Logan Square
- Charges filed against man wounded in police-involved shooting
- Former Stroger doctor sues Sun-Times Media, BGA
- Teen shot dead in front of mom at South Side laundromat
- Racially charged site popular with cops stops running
- Keeping public schools open during strikes not always feasible
- Illinois Democrats not planning any hugs at convention in Charlotte
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 10
- FBI nabs man in Streamwood for threatening to blow up Iowa mall
- Arbitrator rules Quinn, prisons violated union contract; facilities to stay open
- Third person dies from Legionnaires’ at Loop hotel
- Police: SW Side man practiced dentistry in home without a license
- Charges filed against man shot by police on South Side
- SIU student hospitalized after fall from 4th floor dorm window
- Votes are in: Lincoln Park Zoo names new zebra
- Man gets life for attacking ex-girlfriend, killing her new boyfriend
- Emanuel: Crime-fighting program targeting ‘worst of the worst’ being expanded
- High School coach who wrote sex book steps down
- Judge rejects Drew Peterson defense motion to throw out the case
- Girl, 15, shot in West Garfield Park on way to grandmother’s
- Mayor Emanuel on CPS chief Brizard: ‘He has my backing’
- At least 10 people shot overnight; 82 killed or injured in last week
- Emails shed light on Christopher Vaughn’s desire to run off to Canada
- Five men shot in South Side drive-by
- Cops aid in anti-violence initiatives
- Circle Interchange slated for massive, multi-year overhaul
- ComEd says three smart meters have caught fire
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 9
- Potential rivals to Rep. Schock: Ever heard of Abe Lincoln?
- Former Mayer Brown executive charged with bilking $850k from firm
- Restaurateur offers $100,000 reward to help find Stacy Peterson
- Prosecution rests in Drew Peterson murder trial
- Chicago teachers set Sept. 10 strike date; CPS to open half-day schools
- State’s attorney vacates conviction in 1995 murder
- One dead in Dan Ryan crash
- Expert: Bullet holes in Christopher Vaughn jacket raise suspicion
- Male wounded in second police shooting in two hours
- Wisconsin residents cheer on ‘Paul’ as Ryan accepts spot on ticket
- Michael Jackson’s kids tour his hometown of Gary, Ind., to ‘know where their roots are’
- Chicago Police officer and 15-year-old boy shoot each other
- For some Illinois pols, Florida trip more trouble than it’s worth
- Aurora man explains: Why I shot a bear with Bristol Palin’s baby daddy
- Chicago parents fret: What to do if teachers go on strike?
- Two found murdered in burning Far North Side apartment
- 1 dead, 1 wounded in Auburn-Gresham shooting
- Lake Shore Drive resurfacing begins next week on North Side
- Alinea and Eleven Madison Park to swap places for a week
- 65k more city households to switch to grid garbage collection system
- Ex-city food inspector gets over 2 years for taking bribes
- ‘The Monk’ Scalise gets nearly 9 years for planned robbery of another mobster
- Life sentence for man who killed wife, dad and ex-girlfriend in jealous rage
- Motorola trade secrets thief gets 4-year term
- Ald. Cappleman: I was chased by woman with knife
- Remnants of Isaac could dampen holiday weekend in Chicago
- Drew Peterson won’t testify in his trial on murder charges
- Chicago Teachers Union’s notice could allow strike in 10 days
- Police warning residents about 4 Lincoln Park burglaries
- Christopher Vaughn tells cops of wife: ‘I think she had a gun’
- Union: Police wound man who fatally shoots another person
- Two found dead after North Side apartment fire had traumatic injuries
- Reaction to gambling veto: ‘The south suburbs get the shaft again’
- Chicago teens write about violence plaguing city: ‘I don’t want to be next’
- Sen. Kirk to Illinois delegates: ‘I really wish I could be with you’
- Emanuel wants more medical exams for firefighters, paramedics on disability
- Future Schock? Peoria GOPer sure sounds like a gubernatorial candidate
- Agency getting $4.7M to fight foreclosures
- Lawyer accused of assault at W Hotel allowed to fly to California
- Cardinal Francis George to begin chemotherapy next week
- City watchdog given power to investigate Infrastructure Trust
- Judge dismisses lawsuit by Wheaton College
- Peterson defense witness: Savio death an accident
- Emanuel to ‘work relentlessly’ to pass Chicago casino bill
- Cop to Christopher Vaughn: ‘Not a soul on this Earth that believes you’
- Lawsuit filed over abortion death
- Sixth lawsuit filed after fatal Megabus crash
- Sen. Mark Kirk is busy behind the scenes
- Police fire shots on West Side; two arrested
- Chicago gangs don’t have to go far to buy guns
- Tropical Storm Isaac clouds picture for Republicans
- Holly Pohl, a veterinarian, dies at age 51
- The straw purchasers: ‘Don’t let this happen to you’
- Convention notebook: Republicans use Madigan to raise money
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 6
- Man pleads not guilty to holding teen captive for over 3 years
- Up to 18,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported every year
- Beluga whale is sixth to be born at Shedd Aquarium
- Prosecution rests its case in Drew Peterson trial
- Two dead in Legionnaires’ outbreak tied to Marriott in Loop
- Glendale Heights man accused of hitting roommate, killing cockatiel
- Cops treading water? Emanuel says no
- Drew Peterson jurors dress alike again, this time in sports jerseys
- Cop to Christopher Vaughn: ‘Your wife and your kids are all dead’
- Three shot in Glenwood
- 500 high school students to get free CTA rides
- CTA, Sun-Times Media partner on free rides for school kids
- At least 9 dead, 28 wounded in weekend shootings
- Rahm sets pace for some tri-athletes
- Mitt Romney acknowledges Todd Akin’s comments hurt GOP
- Rod Blagojevich sends Patti anniversary email
- Mitt Romney irons clothes and shops at Costco
- Riding for wounded warriors
- Flooding temporary closes portions of Lake Shore Drive
- Peterson and Vaughn are two very different trials
- 3-year-old killed by delivery truck while crossing street
- Republicans cancel 1st day of convention due to storm threats
- Jesse Jackson joins Sikh community to denounce violence
- One dead, two others wounded in Greater Grand Crossing shooting
- Girl, 3, killed when hit by delivery truck
- Getting a gun in Chicago quick and easy
- Redeveloped park to be named after Maggie Daley
- Stillwater, Oklahoma was no safe haven for Dunbar hoops star
- Walsh won’t apologize for saying ‘radical Islamists’ in U.S. want to kill Americans
- 15-year-old girl critically wounded in South Side shooting
- Illinois Republicans to make case for Romney at convention — and themselves
- End of the road for huge planned mall in Joliet?
- Hundreds line up in Wheaton for immigration help
- Cash upfront the way to get teachers to rack up better student test scores, study finds
- Teen killed, woman wounded in South Side shooting
- October trial set for Chicago man accused of groping pregnant woman on JetBlue flight
- Christopher Vaughn Trial: Day 5
- Chicago man takes top spot in air guitar contest in Finland
- Cardinal Francis George: I thought I had licked cancer, but I didn’t
- Ex-Bear Sam Hurd’s co-defendant pleads guilty to drug charge
- Police: Teen held captive 2 years escapes home in southwestern Illinois
- Sentencing for former Dunbar hoops star delayed
- Attorney: I didn’t rat out man who swore at Drew Peterson
- Lincoln Park Zoo’s new zebra needs a name -- and you can pick it
- Drew Peterson avoids being confronted by former sister-in-law
- More than 230 Northwestern Memorial Hospital workers lose jobs
- Man charged with armed robbery of NU students
- Police have ‘good leads’ in Terror Town shootings: source
- Suburban woman fired at in road-rage incident on I-80
- Cops on drug search find mistreated dogs
- Bond denied to two 18-year-olds charged in Megan Boken murder
- Teen escapes captors after 2 years of abuse in ‘deplorable’ home
- At least 19 injured in Thursday night shootings
- Christopher Vaughn shows first signs of emotion near end of trial’s first week
