Chicago
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Chicago priest Greeley still in critical condition
Nov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A message on the Rev. Andrew Greeley's Web page says that the popular best-selling novelist remains in critical but stable condition after a fall that fractured his skul...
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Weis: Obama security needs Chicago police
Nov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The superintendent of Chicago police says members of his force are needed to help protect President-elect Barack Obama. Supt. Jody Weis said Saturday that he's working o...
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Man charged in sexual attack on 10-year-old
Nov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities say a Chicago man is being held on $500,000 bond in the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl who reportedly contracted a sexually transmitted disease from t...
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Lawndale community church a 'safe haven' for grief stricken teensNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - It was considered a safe haven, free of television crews, reporters and clicking cameras. Instead of heading back to school Friday, stunned North Lawndale College Prep ...
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Former ND hoops star given a hand on Veterans DayNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - With thousands of people giving her a standing ovation during Tuesday's Bulls game at the United Center, Danielle Green-Byrd felt a bit overwhelmed. And it's not easy to...
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Springfield power broker pleads not guilty to chargesNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois power broker William Cellini today pleaded not guilty to charges that he helped engineer the attempted extortion of an investment banker in an effort to extract...
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Find an extra quarter for CTA next yearNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Everyone taking Chicago transit will pony up 25 cents more a ride in 2009. The Chicago Transit Authority approved hikes on a variety of fares and passed a $1.3 billion b...
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Chicago rapper Bump J arrested for bank robbery
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago-area rapper Bump J has been arrested in Southern Illinois on bank robbery charges. The man, whose real name is Terrance Boykin, was arrested in Carbondale after ...
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Ayers reflects on Obama in new writing
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Bill Ayers, the Vietnam War-era radical who was a campaign headache for President-elect Barack Obama, says in a new afterword to his memoir that the two were "neighbors ...
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Boeing delays delivery of 747-8 airplanes
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing Co. says it is delaying the production and delivery of 747-8 freighter and intercontinental airplanes. The first freighter deliveries will be co...