Chicago
-
Chicago area 7th fastest growing in country
Mar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - New U.S. Census data shows the Chicago metropolitan area gained more than 66,000 people between 2006 and 2007. It remains the country's third-most populous metro area. T...
-
Chicago to pay fired contractor $11 mil
Mar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago has agreed to pay a general contractor it fired during the construction of a park $11 million under a settlement reached by lawyers for both sides. T...
-
Man accused Chicago cops of framing him for murder
Mar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A man freed from jail after being held three years for the murder of a child has filed a lawsuit against two Chicago police detectives and the city, claiming he was fram...
-
Blagojevich says Cubs should stay at Wrigley forever
Mar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Well-known Chicago Cubs fan Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday he'll do all he can to keep the team playing at Wrigley Field as billionaire owner Sam Zell looks to sell ...
-
City responds to spike in student deaths
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The teenagers looked like any other students making their way to school after spring break. They greeted each other with bleary eyes, shoved their hands into oversized j...
-
Chicago man charged for allegedly setting girlfriend ablaze
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A 21-year-old Chicago man has been charged after allegedly dousing his girlfriend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire. The girlfriend had extensive burns on her f...
-
Chicago students get escort to class
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Police and community leaders have escorted a half-dozen high school students to class following the shooting death of a classmate. Officials said Operation Safe Passage...
-
Four stabbed, one fatally, in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood
Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police said a 17-year-old youth was killed and three other people, including a 14-year-old, were wounded in a possibly gang-related stabbing incident in the Nort...
-
Elderly Chicago woman shot as she stands in her living room
Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police say a 70-year-old woman was shot to death as she stood in her living room on Chicago's South Side. Police say Maggie Browder was hit at about 6:15 a.m. by...
-
ABLA students get escort to Crane H.S. because of retaliation fears
Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools students are back from spring break, including a handful who were escorted to their high school by police. Students from the ABLA Homes public hou...