Finding out who can carry concealed guns
For Wednesday's front page Chicago Tribune story on who is allowed to carry concealed guns in Illinois, we wanted also to understand how many people legally are allowed to do...
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Tensions rise Saturday night between NATO protesters, police
Tensions between protesters and police heightened Saturday night on the eve of the NATO summit of world leaders, with helmeted police at an evening march using their nightsticks and bicycles...
Illinois Mega Millions winner to come forward Wednesday
Illinois' recent Mega Millions lottery winner is expected to claim the $218.66 million prize on Wednesday in a ceremony at the village hall in Red Bud, a tiny downstate burg...
Cook County board chief announces ‘overhaul’ of morgue
Saying she was "disturbed and discouraged and disappointed," Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle promised to "overhaul" the medical examiner's office -- and fire some workers -- because of crowded...
Cook County board chief announces ‘overhaul’ of morgue
Saying she was "disturbed and discouraged and disappointed," Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle promised to "overhaul" the medical examiner's office -- and fire some workers -- because of crowded...
Police question man in stabbing death of girl, 14, in Indian Head Park
Police are questioning a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl who was found by her mother Thursday afternoon in their Indian Head Park home, authorities...
Mother investigated after boy dies, home found overrun with animals
A day after her son died of pneumonia, a Berywn woman was being investigated by police and child welfare officials after authorities removed nearly 200 animals -- including birds, cats,...
Mother investigated after boy dies, home found overrun with animals
A day after her son died of pneumonia, a Berywn woman was being investigated by police and child welfare officials after authorities removed nearly 200 animals -- including birds, cats,...
‘He took away my best friend’
When a prosecutor told Kathy Chapman that authorities had arrested the man they had long suspected of kidnapping and killing her best friend 54 years ago, the news wasn't a...
Hospitalization delays court for Seattle man accused in 1957 Sycamore slaying
Jack Daniel McCullough, the Seattle man recently arrested on charges that he kidnapped and murdered a 7-year-old Sycamore, Ill. girl in 1957, was hospitalized Saturday for undisclosed reasons.McCullough, 71, was...