Cuts on bus, rail lines leave riders cooling heels
Emma Bell didn't know why the CTA bus ferrying her and her mother, Erin, to a friend's birthday party in Garfield Park was later than usual, but she could certainly...
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Seals gets 3rd shot at House seat
Democrat Dan Seals will get his third crack at a North Shore congressional seat, facing Republican political rookie Robert Dold in what's expected to be an expensive, nationally watched contest...
‘One crushed body after another’
Susan and Brian Walsh were preparing to leave Haiti after holding a weeklong medical clinic -- where their 1,000-plus patients included a teen boy with third-degree burns after a kerosene...
Wife, son find man fatally shot in home
A thick blanket of snow covered rural Frankfort Township on Monday night as one neighbor fed her horses and another watched TV. They didn't hear a scuffle or even a...
Thomson prison Guantanamo plan: Feds confirm Illinois prison could hold USS Cole bombing suspects, September 11 plotters
-- Facing anxious citizens and Republican lawmakers, federal officials confirmed Tuesday that suspects in some of the most notorious terrorist attacks could be jailed in northwestern Illinois under a proposal...
Questions linger after inmate dies with high fever
The family of a man who died after developing a 106-degree fever in Cook County Jail says it has more questions than answers about their relative's death. Thomas Beals, 25,...
Jealous rage tied to 2 slayings
Five years ago James Amison threatened his then-girlfriend with physical violence if he ever caught her cheating, according to court documents. That was enough for Cynthia Lewis, who got an...
A slippery swerve into winter
If you thought Tuesday's fluffy, wet snow and the whipping winds were bad, wait until below-freezing wind chill is added to the mix. On Wednesday, Chicago-area residents can expect a...
Harvey police face U.S. probe
U.S. Department of Justice agents sifted through documents and interviewed supervisors Tuesday at the Harvey Police Department as part of an investigation of alleged excessive force by police, officials said....
Raising a family? Tinley Park named No. 1 place to do that
Turns out there is life south of 95th Street, despite what some North Siders might think. And it's a slice of "real Midwest Americana," according to Tinley Park Mayor Ed...