Chicago
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Storms force airline cancellations in Chicag
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials say strong thunderstorms have forced flight cancellations at Chicago's airports. The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm watches for parts of I...
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Semi's deadly crash into Chicago station probed
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Elliott Reed said the scene was surreal: As he walked toward the Chicago Transit Authority train station in the midst of an otherwise normal, busy rush hour, a tractor t...
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Cougar's remains given to Field MuseumApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The cleaned bones and tanned hide of a cougar shot last week on a Chicago street will be stored at the Field Museum near a puma obtained in 1955 and the skin of a Florid...
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City working to avoid another deadly weekend
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Police planned a show of force over the weekend, increasing patrols and putting SWAT officers, more gang officers and specialized units on the streets in an effort to pr...
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Bond set for accused momApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A teenage mother accused of drowning her baby is being held in lieu of $600,000 bond. Nineteen-year-old Rozlynn Rodgers is charged with first-degree murder in the April ...
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Private firms will screen city contract biddersApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago is planning to exit the business of screening minority firms before certifying them to bid on city contracts. Instead of struggling with a 1,600-case...
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Activists mark raid's anniversaryApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Immigrant rights activists in Chicago are commemorating a raid one year ago on a shopping mall in the predominantly Mexican Little Village neighborhood. Last April, offi...
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Chicago police: 5 victims 'definitely targeted'
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Police said Thursday they think more than one person carried out the slayings of five people found dead Wednesday afternoon inside a ransacked house on Chicago's South ...
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Woman dragged by CTA bus
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Chicago woman is hospitalized with several broken bones after a CTA bus dragged her for about a block. Attorney Tom Prindable says his client, Yvonne Berni...
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Field Museum to hold cougar's remains
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The cleaned bones and tanned hide of a cougar shot last week on a Chicago street will be stored at the Field Museum near a puma obtained in 1955 and the skin of a Florid...