Celebrations noisy, sane
Ron Lange could hardly contain himself. With the final seconds ticking away Saturday on the Illini's 72-57 victory over Louisville, the 33-year-old Chicagoan grabbed an Illinois banner and paraded it...
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Illini fans swarming St. Louis with one overarching need
By the time Justin Guyton steered his 1995 Dodge Neon out of Champaign Friday morning, it was stuffed with three orange-clad friends, a trunk full of pillows and dreams of...
Affordable housing law deadline looms
Carriage houses could be making a comeback in some of Chicago's affluent suburbs. With a Friday deadline for plans to produce more affordable housing in wealthy suburbs, towns have floated...
Family of slain women berates suspect in court
Chaos erupted in a Cook County courtroom Tuesday as family members of a Glenview woman and her mother shouted repeatedly at the Chicago musician considered the prime suspect in their...
Man sought hit, police say
Questioned by police for three days, a former boyfriend of a Glenview woman found slain along with her mother in her home Monday was charged Thursday with solicitation to commit...
Former boyfriend quizzed in deaths
As they questioned the former boyfriend of a woman slain in Glenview with her mother, police Tuesday were trying to sort out a turbulent domestic history that triggered repeated encounters...
Focus on flu vaccine is split
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich embarks on a plan to buy flu vaccine from abroad to ease shortages, Illinois has not moved as aggressively as other states to ensure the vaccine...
Push for assault weapons ban revived
Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Cook County State's Atty. Richard Devine and about two dozen other gun-control advocates called for renewed support for a ban on assault weapons in Illinois...
Across U.S., new voters register in record numbers
From New Mexico to Ohio, and Florida to Pennsylvania, record numbers of new voters have been registered in recent days, especially in urban areas, a trend that could help Democrats...
City orders new batch of inspections at Wrigley
Saying a reporter had raised questions about the quality of concrete repairs at Wrigley Field, city officials on Thursday ordered the Chicago Cubs to perform a new round of safety...