Articles filed under Region
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Briefs: Police capture escapeeOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities have arrested a convicted murderer who escaped from an Elgin mental health facility last month. Police captured Tolbert Walls after he barricaded himself in ...
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Microsoft to spin off 'Halo' creator with Chicago rootsOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Bungie Studios, the "Halo" video game developer acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2000, is once again operating as an independent company, Microsoft said Friday....
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Health center escapee found in ChicagoOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - A fugitive who escaped the Elgin Mental Health Center a month ago was caught Friday afternoon on Chicago's South Side, police said. Tolbert Walls, 31, whose last address...
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Chicago offers a selection of attached homesOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago offers a variety of condominium and townhouse options priced at more than $250,000. Community: The Enclave at Galewood Crossing -- Condominiums by Red Seal Devel...
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Time to hug it out? Bad blood worsens in SpringfieldOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Political gridlock at the state Capitol has become so bad, one legislative leader suggested Thursday it might be time to bring in a relationship expert. H...
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Sunday drive in city won't be easyOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - If you don't absolutely have to be in Chicago Sunday, just stay away. If you are going downtown, plan ahead and expect frustrating delays. Sunday's Chicago Marathon an...
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Briefs: No Olympic favorite hereOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago isn't the front-runner for the 2016 Olympics many are making it out to be. It's not even a close second. With two years before the vote for the 2016 host, Chicag...
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Defending champions head world-class fieldOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The first few rows of the runners lining up at the start line of any major marathon are reserved for the elite athletes who have been paid by the organizers to be there ...
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Effort to honor famed author Saul Bellow stalled by his racial commentsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - In a city whose streets commemorate literary notables like the German Goethe and the Frenchman Jean Racine, naming an avenue, a statue, or maybe a school after the Ameri...
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Revival of anthem gets fans through times like Game 2Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Thursday night's laboriously long, agonizingly frustrating Cubs' 8-4 playoff loss to the Diamondbacks in Arizona didn't end until the fat lady sang early Friday morning....