Ivan lashes Jamaica
As Florida braces for the possible impact of a third major hurricane, weather experts say it's true what we're thinking: This is not your average hurricane season. The eight named...
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Downstate town stung by deaths
The worst attack yet on Illinois Army National Guardsmen serving in Iraq left two soldiers dead and 15 wounded, and it left the Downstate town where their unit is based...
River Grove’s Guerin goes coed
For the girls at Guerin College Preparatory High School in River Grove, Wednesday was not only the first day of class, it was the first time there were boys in...
High-rise fire in Uptown gets high priority
More than 120 firefighters with dozens of trucks fought a blaze Monday in a historic Uptown building, containing it to the 15th-floor apartment where it started. The overwhelming response was...
Family of cops loses officer to crash with drunk driver
Police work came naturally to Officer Michael Gordon, a man who patrolled Chicago's rough-and-tumble Harrison District on the midnight watch. His father, Robert Jr., recently retired as assistant chief of...
Keyes reportedly set to accept GOP bid
Maryland conservative Alan Keyes, a former Republican presidential contender and talk-show host, has agreed to accept the nomination as the Illinois GOP nominee for Senate and plans a public rollout...
Keyes reportedly set to accept GOP bid
Maryland conservative Alan Keyes, a former Republican presidential contender and talk-show host, has agreed to accept the nomination as the Illinois GOP nominee for Senate and plans a public rollout...
State crime rate lowest in 3 decades
Illinois' crime rate took another big drop in 2003, bringing the numbers close to what they were before crime took off in the 1970s. The sweeping drop in 2003, twice...
Town mourns slain 3-year-old
She was laid out in a white flower-girl's dress. Her family members at the wake, even the men, wore some bit of pink, the 3-year-old's favorite color. But as locals...
Slumping Blagojevich goes 0 for 2
A federal judge in Chicago opened a new $125 million hole in the state's current budget Thursday by ruling that Gov. Rod Blagojevich could not tap the funds of a...