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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday.
Boy’s body pulled from Des Plaines River May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the boy was found in the water near McCormick Woods in North Riverside. The sheriff's office said the Cook County medical examiner plans a Wednesday autopsy to identify the boy and determine a cause of death. Sheriff's officials say a kayaker spotted the body Tuesday afternoon.
Sentence handed down in 1st televised trial in Illinois May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A Kankakee man has received a 78-year prison sentence in a case that was the first Illinois trial to feature live, gavel-to-gavel TV coverage.
Police officer guilty of rights violations May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
A federal jury has convicted a South suburban police officer of civil rights violations for striking two men with a baton outside a nightclub in 2009.
Northwestern giving Napoleon’s brother’s letter to France May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
The university announced Friday it will hand over next week to the Consul General of France in Chicago the letter dated April 27, 1792, and signed by Joseph Bonaparte.
NIU holds farewell event for departing president May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
The character of Northern Illinois University President John Peters was praised Monday during a farewell ceremony for the man who led the school when a gunman opened fire on campus, killing five. Hundreds of people, including students, alumni and community leaders, attended the event.
`Very slightly radioactive water' enters Lake Michigan May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Seventy-nine gallons of "very slightly radioactive water" from a leaky tank at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant spilled into Lake Michigan, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman said Monday. There is no risk to human health because the radioactive material was further diluted when it entered a storage basin before flowing into the lake, NRC spokeswoman Viktoria Mitlyng told The Associated Press. She said there is "absolutely" no risk to human health.
Ex-Dixon comptroller moved to Chicago jail May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed Monday that Rita Crundwell is at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Crundwell admitted she stashed public money in a secret bank account for decades.
Convicted ex-water official resigns as police chief May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
Coin flip decides board race in Stickney May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Two candidates for Stickney's board of trustees garnered exactly 573 votes in last month's election. So on Wednesday, Cook County Clerk David Orr flipped a quarter to break the tie.
Baby’s body found in recycling center cooler May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Chicago Ridge Fire Chief Rob Pyznarski says an employee at Resource Management Co. found the baby's body about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. He says the umbilical cord was still attached to the baby.
Former Crestwood official convicted of lying about tainted water Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
A one-time South suburban official was convicted Monday of lying for decades about drawing water for residents from a well tainted by a cancer-causing chemical. Defendant Theresa Neubauer, 55, struggled to keep her composure 15 minutes later as she spoke to reporters at the federal courthouse in Chicago. "I'm devastated," she said, her voice breaking.
4 men charged in triple slaying in Harvey Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Prosecutors on Monday announced that four men have been charged in the slayings of a woman and two children more than two years ago in South suburban Harvey.
Crestwood official lied about tainted water, prosecutors say Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
A prosecutor told jurors Friday that a one-time South suburban water official lied for decades about drawing village water from a well tainted with a cancer-causing chemical, while her attorney declared her a scapegoat of an inner circle of powerful men. Jurors began deliberating at around noon, but U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall told them to go home and resume Monday after they had failed to reach a verdict by late Friday.
More rain expected for already swollen rivers Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Communities along the Mississippi River and other Midwestern waterways eyed and in some cases fortified makeshift levees holding back floodwaters that meteorologists said could worsen or be prolonged by looming storms. Overnight rain from Oklahoma to Michigan led the National Weather Service to heighten the forecast crest of some stretches of rivers while blunting the retreat of other waterways.
Contaminated-water trial begins Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The trial has started for a former South suburban water official accused of lying about how the village drew drinking water from a tainted well for decades, apparently to save money. The one-time Crestwood official, Theresa Neubauer, has pleaded not guilty.
Funeral held for diplomat killed in Afghanistan Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
Family and friends packed a River Forest church Wednesday for Anne Smedinghoff's funeral, remembering the young diplomat as a brave, selfless woman who wouldn't let fear stop her from trying to make a difference in faraway places.
Woman once on most-wanted list sentenced Apr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
A suburban woman who was captured after a murder case was featured on television's "America's Most Wanted" was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 2003 murder of a former boyfriend.
Baby giraffe gets first outside look at Brookfield Zoo Apr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
After a long winter cooped up inside, Dave is getting his first taste of the outside world — and he's running with it. The 5-month-old giraffe seemed unfazed by the chilly spring weather as he jumped and kicked up his heels while exploring his outside exhibit this week at Brookfield Zoo.
Homeless man sentenced in assault on 82-year-old Apr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
A 30-year prison sentence has been handed down to a homeless man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an 82-year-old woman who helped him with food and money in the Southwest suburbs.