Falling slab of concrete kills workers on the job
A slab of concrete crashed through a floor Monday at a senior home under construction on Chicago's South Side, killing two workers under tons of rubble. The accident occurred shortly...
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For neighbors, fears become chilling reality
Garfield Ridge residents on Midway Airport's north side said they are used to being in the shadow of the airport, used to seeing planes coming and going. Always in the...
When the going gets rough, it must be snowing
Thursday afternoon's snow blast turned Chicagoland highways and byways into parking lots, canceled more than 75 flights at area airports and pushed some evening commutes past the four-hour mark. "Travel...
For troops, `a piece of home’
Debi Rickert knows the taste of home that U.S. troops abroad miss the most: beef jerky. "It was the first thing they asked for," said the head of the Illinois...
Fire chief charged with DUI in death
A Chicago Fire Department battalion chief whose truck allegedly struck a man who was changing a tire along the Kennedy Expressway was charged Tuesday with aggravated driving under the influence...
Jail escapee gives up after 4 months on lam
An apparently tired Randy Rencher sat at a bar Wednesday in Cleveland drinking Long Island iced teas as he waited for the FBI to arrive. It was more than four...
Champs are toast of the town
Like footage from an old newsreel?or something in a dream?the buses carrying world champions emerged into view through the blizzard of confetti. The charmed 2005 White Sox team arrived downtown...
Sox faithful hard at work rejoicing
In short, the city was glowing Thursday. The White Sox had been a proxy for this city of blue-collar roots, of smarting Second City status, of a million real and...
Tot, 2, shoots boy with uncle’s gun
Hours after the shooting, the 2-year-old used his limited vocabulary to try to describe what happened. "Pow, pow," he said to his mother, and then spoke his friend's name. Police...