Chicago
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Suburban Chicago real estate exec held in hit-man scheme
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago real estate executive has been charged with attempting to hire a hit man to kill an attorney involved in litigation against him. The U....
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Chicago suspending business with Wells Fargo for a year
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago will stop doing business with Wells Fargo and its subsidiaries for a year. The City Council on Wednesday voted without dissent to join...
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Northwestern University chemistry professor wins Nobel Prize
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - A professor at Northwestern University outside Chicago is one of three scientists honored with this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry. The Royal Swe...
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Chicago council approves Emanuel's plan for police probes
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to create a new agency to investigate police shootings and misconduct allegations...
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Sarah Rankin named AP reporter in Richmond
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Sarah Rankin, a journalist with The Associated Press in Chicago, has been appointed a reporter in AP's bureau in Richmond, Virginia. The appointment was a...
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Police investigating newborn found in suburban Chicago field
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Police in south suburban Chicago say they're looking for the mother of a newborn girl found in a field near a roadway and residential and co...
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Chicago Bears place wide receiver Kevin White on injured reserveOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - The injury epidemic that has plagued the Chicago Bears through the first quarter of the season got worse Wednesday. Wide receiver Kevin White was placed on injured reser...
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If strike, CPS officials vow to keep school doors open
Oct 05, 2016 1:00 am - If teachers walk off the job next week, Chicago public schools will leave all its buildings open for students and has promised breakfast and lunch for anyone who shows u...
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Mt. Prospect woman charged in sex trafficking scheme
Oct 05, 2016 1:00 am - About a year and a half ago, the Cook County sheriff's office received an anonymous letter tipping investigators to a vast prostitution scheme involving Thai women worki...
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Heading to the Cubs playoffs? Here's some transit infoOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - Go Cubs! - but not in a stadium express bus. Though Pace provides a number of express buses from the suburbs to regularly scheduled Cubs, White Sox and Bears games, even...