911 cell calls still not on grid
Kidnapped and trapped in a car trunk, a 25-year-old Chicago woman did what millions of others do in emergencies each year. She called 911. Yet while dispatchers at the city's...
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2nd man shot to death in Riverdale
A man was shot and killed Saturday in Riverdale near the site of a fatal shooting the day before. Police identified the victim of Saturday's shooting as Michael Lloyd, 35,...
Student reporting college rape charged
When police were told that a student was raped in her dorm room at Elmhurst College Jan. 10, they and school officials acted swiftly, stepping up campus patrols, posting alerts...
Salt trucks start rolling as 1st flakes hit city
As the first snowflakes of an anticipated winter storm fell Tuesday night on Chicago, the city's fleet of 262 snow-fighting trucks fanned out on main roadways to make them safe...
Loop high-rise fire injures 25
A fierce and stubborn blaze on the 29th floor of the LaSalle National Bank building sent dozens of panicked employees rushing through thick gray smoke and into stairwells Monday night,...
Battle against Loop fire follows new action plan
The scene was similar, but the battle plan had changed. Firefighters arriving at Monday night's Loop high-rise blaze attacked the flames not only with water and hoses, but also with...
Better day for holiday travelers
After snarling travel before the start of the Thanksgiving weekend, weather in the Chicago area posed few problems for travelers returning home Sunday. Tens of thousands of travelers swarmed through...
Inmate, 17, slain in County Jail
A suburban teenager awaiting trial in Cook County Jail was stabbed to death late Wednesday in a maximum-security wing set aside for young inmates taking high-school equivalency courses. Charges were...
JOHN H. PERKINS, 83
John H. Perkins, a civic-minded executive and president of Chicago's largest bank in the 1970s, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co., died in his sleep of natural causes Tuesday,...
Waitress’ tip helps cops in carjacking
A quick-witted waitress sparked a massive search Wednesday morning in Algonquin when she tipped off police that she believed two "fidgety" men eating steak and eggs in her restaurant had...