Chicago
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Chicago mayor going to feds for funds
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he will make an end-run around state government when it comes to seeking the city's share of the economic stimulus plan being crafted by...
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Judge sets sentencings in Family Secrets mob case
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - A federal judge has set sentencing dates for five men convicted in September 2007 at Chicago's Operation Family Secrets mob trial. They were convicted of a decades-long ...
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Boeing expected to post fewer deliveries for 2008
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago-based Boeing's deliveries of passenger jets nose took a dive last fall as a strike froze the company's commercial aircraft factories. And that disruption is expe...
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Economic woes hurt Field Museum
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - The sharp drop of the stock market last year resulted in a 30 percent decrease in the size of the Field Museum's endowment. Museum president John McCarter said Tuesday b...
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3 children killed in apartment fire
Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Investigators in Chicago are trying to figure out what caused a fire that left three young children dead. Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez says firefigh...
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Former lawmaker Lechowicz dies at 70
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Illinois state lawmaker Thaddeus S. "Ted" Lechowicz has died at his home in suburban Chicago at age 70. His daughter, Laura Lechowicz Felicione, told the Chicago...
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Appeals court OKs Chicago traffic cameras
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A ruling by a federal appeals court will allow the city of Chicago to expand the use mounted cameras to photograph cars that run red lights. The 7th Circuit U.S. Court o...
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Suburban real estate CEO found deadJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The chairman and chief executive officer of a Chicago-based real estate firm was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday in Kane County, police sai...
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General Growth settles L.A. lawsuit for $48 millionJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - General Growth Corp., the second- largest U.S. shopping mall owner, said it will pay $48 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by a developer that had accused it of inter...
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Alderman's father gets 4 years for false documents
Jan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A Chicago alderman's father has been sentenced to four years in prison for taking thousands of photos used in making false Social Security cards and drivers licenses. El...