Region
-
Chemical plant unit shut down pending fire probeDec 31, 2013 2:46 pm - A judge says a Chicago-area chemical company can’t restart a manufacturing unit involved in an explosion and fire until it figures out what happened. Illinois Attorney G...
-
I-65 open in northwest Indiana after being closed 8 hoursDec 31, 2013 12:20 pm - State police say all lanes of Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana are open again after two crashes closed them for eight hours. State police Sgt. Chad Woody tells The ...
-
Woman beaten to death in homeDec 30, 2013 8:42 pm - Police in Country Club Hills have a suspect in custody in the fatal bludgeoning of a 42-year-old woman in her home. City public safety director William Brown confirmed a...
-
Police arrest 3rd suspect in pregnant girl’s deathDec 30, 2013 3:50 pm - A third suspect in the Christmas Day fatal shooting of a pregnant teenager in the South suburbs has turned himself in to police. Attorney Stuart Goldberg says his client...
-
Des Plaines woman missing in Indiana floodwatersDec 29, 2013 9:00 pm - A search is underway for a Des Plaines woman missing in flood waters on Highway 257 in Indiana. Kathryn McGill, 31, was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by her husb...
-
Former longtime Ind. Congressman Jacobs dies at 81Dec 28, 2013 8:58 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Jacobs Jr., a former longtime Indiana congressman, died Saturday afternoon at age 81, according to a family spokesman. Gary Taylor, a family friend...
-
Indiana panel recommends removal of embattled judgeDec 28, 2013 11:13 am - Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — A state judicial commission is recommending the Indiana Supreme Court remove from the bench an embattled judge who faces misconduct charg...
-
Flags lowered in honor of slain investigatorDec 26, 2013 5:47 pm - Flags were lowered to half-staff around Illinois in honor of an off-duty Cook County sheriff’s investigator who was killed while trying to stop an armed robbery outside ...
-
Pregnant teen dies, but baby survives shootingDec 26, 2013 5:44 pm - South suburban authorities say someone shot and killed a 17-year-old pregnant girl on Christmas Day — but that her baby survived. Police say doctors pronounced the Calum...
-
Man suspected in parents’ deaths back in IndianaDec 26, 2013 6:23 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana man who’s a suspect in his parents’ slayings has been returned to Indiana as authorities prepare to file charges in that case....