Hundreds Take Part In "Slut Walk" Against Sexual Assault
Several hundred people rallied and marched in downtown Chicago today during an annual event called Slut Walk Chicago.
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Several hundred people rallied and marched in downtown Chicago today during an annual event called Slut Walk Chicago.
The state's top investigator has found that the Illinois Department of Transportation circumvented rules devised to keep politics out of state jobs and improperly hired more than 250 people in the last decade, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
The Lincoln Park Zoo is having a farewell party today for its 15-year-old polar bear that's being moved to a zoo on in North Carolina while a new polar bear exhibit is built over the next two years.
Governor Pat Quinn has signed a mass transit reform law intended to make the operations of transit agencies more transparent and accountable.
A man was shot early Saturday while driving on Lake Shore Drive in the North Side Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Valparaiso police are investigating the entry of a residence in northwest Indiana early Friday morning, after a male subject woke up a sleeping 5-year-old girl.
A Sugar Grove man was killed after the pickup he was driving crashed into a pole in west suburban Aurora Friday afternoon.
Four people have died and at least 24 people — including a 3-year-old boy — have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Fall is a beautiful season in Chicago, and one of the few times the city enjoys temperate and predictable weather. Take advantage of the season by attending one of the several festivals taking place around the city.
Prosecutors say 34-year-old Charles Tate was keeping the pit bulls, which had no access to water from their cages.
Chicago police say the boy discovered a loaded gun, which went off while he or a playmate was handling it.
The resignation of James Barkemeyer may be connected to a Wilmette police investigation into allegations that he had inappropriate sexual contact with teenage employees at his Wilmette hardware store in the early 1990s.
In the Aug. 17 meeting with Chicago, Las Vegas outhit Jackie Robinson West 13-2 behind Brennan Holligan's sterling pitching. He struck out six and walked two, making short work of the game thanks to the offensive onslaught backing him.
Nouveau Tavern has filed a lawsuit against the city for, among several allegations, pulling the club's liquor license for a weekend; "conducting unfounded over-crowding investigations"; and using tactics "clearly meant to harass, intimidate."
