Daughter plotted activist’s slaying, authorities say
A slain South Side community activist's daughter and the daughter's boyfriend carried out a long-discussed plot to kill the activist in pursuit of her estate after the woman ordered the...
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To Oprah, a sad experience
Although grief and loss have been common themes of her talk show, Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday called the three-day murder trial on which she served as a juror "one of...
911 center up again after 2-day crash
After repairs to power equipment at Chicago's 911 center were completed and new backup systems were installed, the emergency system went back online Saturday evening--more than two days after it...
Hope for sisters endures
Holding age-enhanced photos of what her two daughters would look like now, Tracey Bradley helped organize a Walk of Hope Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of the sisters' disappearance...
3 bound bodies found at lake
The bodies of a man and two children were discovered Saturday morning bound with rope along the shore of Lake Michigan just over the state line in Wisconsin, puzzling investigators...
Drug czar, caregivers, police target glut of heroin
Although Chicago remains the epicenter of a national heroin epidemic, federal drug czar John Walters on Wednesday credited the Chicago Police Department's stepped-up enforcement and cooperation with suburban agencies for...
Metra train kills Glenview boy, 11
A Metra train struck and fatally injured an 11-year-old boy riding a bicycle near the station in downtown Glenview on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened about 3:15 p.m. when...
Pedestrian fatally shot near Wrigley
A traffic altercation turned deadly Thursday when a pedestrian was fatally shot while quarreling with a motorist at an intersection outside Wrigley Field about two hours after a Cubs game,...
Ballpark attacker arrested again
William Ligue Jr., who attacked a Kansas City Royals coach during a 2002 White Sox game, was arrested early Thursday after breaking into a car outside a Harvey pizzeria, officials...
They filed their tax, now they can relax
Hundreds of frantic taxpayers found salvation at free tax clinics around Chicago Thursday, the deadline for filing income-tax returns. Volunteers and tax specialists were on hand to help low-income residents...