Driver dies after SUV hit by a Metra Electric train
An unidentified man was killed Thursday when his vehicle was struck by a Metra's Electric line train, authorities said. A preliminary police report said the man drove around the crossing...
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2 suspended cops win jobs, back pay
An arbitrator ruled Monday that two South Side police officers can return to work, a year after Police Supt. Terry Hillard moved to fire them for their allegedly slow response...
Indian official says Pakistan abets terror
Pakistan's efforts to stop cross-border terrorism are disappointing, Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani said Thursday in Chicago. The two nuclear rivals are considering reviving peace talks, but Advani...
Collision in Crete kills new graduate
A recent high school graduate who had just overcome a serious health scare was killed and several other teens were injured in a three-car pileup over the weekend in Crete...
3 teens held in boy’s slaying
Three South Side teens were charged Tuesday with murdering a 12-year-old boy who was just leaving a neighborhood cleanup effort when police said he was shot by mistake in an...
Girl, 7, hit by bullet slowly recovers
A 7-year-old girl shot on her front porch on Easter was recuperating somewhat Tuesday, prompting hospital officials to upgrade her condition from critical to serious. Ashlee Poole, of the 6000...
In a flash, museum amasses meteorites
In 18 harried days since a meteor broke up over Park Forest, the Field Museum has led a consortium scrambling to compete with private collectors, rival institutions and sellers on...
2 wards break with tradition
Voters seeking change ousted two incumbent aldermen on Tuesday and ushered two political newcomers--Manuel "Manny" Flores and Howard Brookins Jr.--to take their places in hopes of bringing some independence to...
Demonstrators say no to war
As President Bush declared that he would allow one more day for diplomacy to avert a war with Iraq, a colorful crowd of thousands jammed Daley Plaza Sunday to sing,...
March roar shatters mild winter
The season's first major snowstorm swept through the Chicago region Tuesday night, snarling traffic, stranding airline passengers as flight schedules were cut back and dampening what was shaping up to...