Algonquin lawyer accused in murder-for-hire plot
An Algonquin attorney was arrested Thursday after he handed an envelope containing $7,000 in cash to an undercover federal agent posing as a hit man who had agreed to kill...
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Unused sick days add up to big payouts
A few years into John Butts' superintendent job in DuPage's Lake Park High School District 108, a lucrative perk showed up in his contract: 300 sick days. In an amendment...
Superintendent merry-go-round yields fat severances
Stanley Fields resigned after just a year as superintendent of a suburban Cook County school district where he was put on leave, faced with firing and ultimately required to apologize...
High cost of 1-school districts
Just 11 students make up the entire 7th grade in Lake County's Rondout School District 72, where the lone school has but 161 students. The cost to taxpayers: $23,449 per...
3 dead, 2 shot including officer on Far North Side
A double homicide on the Far North Side Saturday evening prompted a pursuit that left one Chicago officer wounded and a suspect in the slayings dead from police gunfire. Gang...
1 dies, 1 hurt in small plane crash near airport in Wheeling
A small airplane had just taken off from Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling on Wednesday afternoon when the pilot radioed that its engine was running rough and requested to return...
Schoolgirl strikes back
Even when she dressed up as a princess for Halloween, Katie opted for the one from Star Wars. The force is definitely with this 7-year-old. So when the first-grader told...
A long commute can have its charms
I grew up in a small Missouri town. Not cows-on-the-road small, but small enough that a headache-inducing traffic jam lasted all of 10 minutes. Shortly after I first moved to...
Excitement, little irritation for residents near Obama rally
As she stood in line Saturday to attend President Barack Obama's rally, Laura Gluckman touted the importance of practicing the democracy she teaches her seventh-grade students. But as she slowly...
Remains found in park near site of NIU student disappearance
Human remains have been found in a DeKalb park where a Northern Illinois University student was believed to have been heading last week before she disappeared, authorities said Saturday night....