Wisconsin man charged in 1991 South Side killing
A Madison, Wis., man has been brought back to Illinois to face murder charges in the killing of a 16-year-old girl in her South Side apartment in 1991, officials said...
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1 teen killed, 2 hurt in Lake Zurich hit-and-run
Lake Zurich police are searching for a light-colored SUV they believe was involved in a hit-and-run crash Friday night that killed an 18-year-old girl and injured two teen-aged sisters. Gabriella...
Uptown man found in home died of heat stroke
An autopsy done today indicated that a 59-year-old Uptown man died of heat stroke, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. A relative found David Nikuni unresponsive in his...
Chicago broker missing since ’79 found working in Las Vegas
A former Chicago commodities broker, missing for more than three decades and declared legally dead, has been discovered working as a bookie inLas Vegas, officials say. Arthur Gerald Jones, 72,...
Heat wave may crest late Sunday
The low 90s may not exactly spell relief, but it's enough of a predicted drop in temperature for meteorologists to declare that the Chicago-area heat wave is beginning to wane....
Rock Island Metra train hits vehicle near Oak Forest; 2 killed
A Rock Island Line Metra train destined for Chicago collided with a car Thursday afternoon killing two women, officials said. Traveling as fast as 60 miles an hour, the train...
Sweltering day just missed a shot at the title
Chicago fell short of a heat record Wednesday, though sweltering residents might have felt otherwise. The temperature peaked at 99 degrees around 3 p.m. at O'Hare International Airport, the city's...
About 3,000 ComEd customers still without power
Almost a week after a fast-moving storm knocked out power to about 850,000 customers, less than one percent of ComEd customers remained without power this morning, and nearly all of...
Inmate, girlfriend, guard charged with smuggling pot into jail
A Cook County Jail inmate who is awaiting trial in the brutal beating of two women with a baseball bat during a robbery in Bucktown last year has been charged...
Man found drunk in car charged with fighting paramedics
A man who had passed out drunk in his car with his feet sticking out an open rear door was arrested Tuesday night after he attacked two paramedics trying to...