Former U.S. Senator From Illinois Alan Dixon Dies
Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Alan Dixon of Illinois has died.
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Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Alan Dixon of Illinois has died.
The son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton was arrested on Memphis and charged with sexual battery for an incident Friday night at a Memphis nightclub, according to Memphis Police.
A Gary Police officer was found fatally shot while responding to a call early Sunday.
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a car on the Eisenhower Expressway in the Near West Side neighborhood early Sunday.
A man and a woman were both killed and a third person was hurt when a car fleeing police crashed Saturday night in the South Deering neighborhood, authorities said.
A 22-year-old woman was found beaten to death in Gary, Ind. Saturday morning.
A man was killed in a shooting early Sunday in the Uptown neighborhood.
Chicago police have fatally shot a person on the South Side -- the fourth police-involved shooting since Friday and the second in which a suspect has died.
A 12-year-old Palatine girl has a lunch date at the White House with Michelle Obama.
With more than 100,000 people at Navy Pier alone and thousands more packing the lakefront to watch the Fourth of July fireworks, it was a busy night for Chicago Police.
Alcohol is suspected in a Friday night crash that left a 66-year-old Northwest Indiana woman dead and her husband critically injured, the Post-Tribune is reporting.
The state hopes to crackdown on the unsafe operation of boats, thanks to newly-signed legislation, reports WBBM's Bob Roberts.
An argument about a woman using the men's bathroom along the lakefront last night ended with a Chicago woman's arrest and her allegations against an off-duty cop, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
The city has named 12 new locations it will install speed cameras at through the fall.
