Mother denied bail in attacks
Bail was denied Thursday for a South Side mother with a history of mental illness who is charged with stabbing her infant and then attacking several others. After Cook County...
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Most fans greet report with shrug
The Mitchell report may have sent shock waves through baseball Thursday, as name by name the careers of some of the sport's biggest modern-day heroes were discredited. But to most...
Rent gives woman new lease on life
Sitting on her floral bedspread, Helen Jackson beams when she talks about paying rent and utility bills. In January, the 54-year-old moved into her first apartment after more than 15...
Texas visitor to Chicago died in bus crash
A Texas woman returning home after visiting family in Chicago was identified Tuesday as the third fatality in a crash involving a Chicago-to-Dallas passenger bus in eastern Arkansas, officials said....
Possible lead in attacks
Chicago police found a car Wednesday that matched the description of one that may have been used in attacks near the University of Chicago campus that left a doctoral student...
Salvation Army plans big center on South Side
Two years after it was forced to scrap plans for a community center next to the Robert Taylor Homes, the Salvation Army on Tuesday unveiled a design by noted Chicago...
Let’s party and go to Walgreens!
What was Shia LaBeouf up to before his arrest early Sunday at a downtown Chicago Walgreens? Turns out the actor was hanging out at a trendy River North nightclub known...
3 boaters die; 4th survives
It was just getting dark Wednesday night when Commodore Gary Hooper sat down with his wife for dinner at the Columbia Yacht Club and noticed a sailboat venturing into the...
Race director: Nothing we could have done better
As the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon ended with its closest finish ever Sunday, executive race director Carey Pinkowski was awash in the excitement of the race's photo finish, passing out...
A marathon maelstrom
As the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon ended with its closest finish ever Sunday, executive race director Carey Pinkowski was awash in the excitement of the race's photo finish, passing out...