Illinois Workers To Demonstrate Over Rauner's Planned Cuts
Public service workers in Illinois state government are planning a day of demonstrations across the state amid cost-cutting efforts by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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Public service workers in Illinois state government are planning a day of demonstrations across the state amid cost-cutting efforts by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
The World Series champion Chicago Cubs have been honored on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Two people were critically injured in a crash with a semi truck early Thursday in north suburban Skokie.
A Harvey man has been charged with training dogs to fight at his south suburban home.
A person was fatally struck by a Metra train Thursday morning in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.
About 4:45 a.m., the 38-year-old was exiting a vehicle in the 4200 block of South Racine when someone opened fire from a passing dark-colored SUV, according to Chicago Police.
The area around a downtown square was closed Thursday as crews assessed damage from a natural gas explosion that killed one person and injured several others in the central Illinois community of Canton.
Blacks and whites spoke of unity, not name-calling, coming out of a three-hour closed-door meeting Wednesday night in the far southwest side Mt. Greenwood neighborhood.
The SUV crashed head-on into the side of the semi at Golf Road and Keeler Avenue in Skokie.
Police said four Near North Side shops have been robbed during the first 11 days of November.
With a funding source in place, CTA can apply for $1 billion in federal matching funds for the work, about half the cost of the project.
About 6 a.m., the pair walked into the CVS at 1299 E. Ogden Ave., stole "numerous medications" and brandished the needle when employees confronted them, according to Naperville police.
The 24-year-old was walking down the street at 2:51 a.m. in the 5100 block of West Madison when a silver or gray car drove by and someone inside shot him, according to Chicago Police.
The latest killing happened at 8:07 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood, where a 29-year-old man was shot in the shoulder in the 5200 block of West Quincy.
Rebecca Latimore was last seen Nov. 9 near 93rd Street and Wallace, according to a Chicago Police alert.
