March Madness: Trouble Ahead For Barack Obama's Bracket
President and bracketologist Barack Obama has gone a respectable 14-3 so far in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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President and bracketologist Barack Obama has gone a respectable 14-3 so far in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Police said a resident contacted them this week about being approached on a social media site by someone promising free scholarship money in exchange for a bank debit card and the PIN that goes with it.
Cook County Sheriff's deputies and auditors with the Illinois State Comptroller's office took the unprecedented step of going into Harvey's city hall to check financial records, and make sure it files overdue audits.
In addition to more than 1,000 homes destroyed or severely damaged by the Nov. 17 twister in Washington, about 1,000 trees were ripped out.
One of three Schaumburg police detectives accused of withholding and reselling illegal drugs they seized from dealers pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
The iconic Ferris wheel at Navy Pier will be closed for a few weeks while it gets a makeover.
Sandwich School District 430 Supt. Rick Schmitt said an Illinois Central school bus was taking students to Lighted Way, a school for special needs students in LaSalle, when two deer ran in front of the bus as it was headed west on U.S. Route 52 around 8 a.m.
Chicagoans rank among the most generous in the nation when it comes to leaving tips.
U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve said the 51-month sentence "will send a message to the public that corruption does not pay and that there are significant consequences,"
Marco Lopez, 17, is scheduled to appear in bond court Friday, charged with the murders of Segundo Reynoso, 38; and his 15-year-old son Luis Reynoso.
As we slowly -- very slowly -- put winter behind us, schools in the Chicago area have been dealing with all the items left in their "lost and found" boxes.
The luxury hotel tucked away in the Czech town of Karlovy Vary isn't the actual hotel where the film was shot, but the hapless romantic/lover of old ladies and poetry-reciting concierge Monsieur Gustave and his humble protégé Moustafa would've felt plenty at home running the place.
The first day of spring on Thursday officially brought just less than an inch of snow, pushing Chicago a bit closer to the second snowiest season ever.
Applicants must own property on the same block, be current on tax payments and can't have other unpaid financial obligations to the city.
Federal prosecutors have sought the stiffest sentence possible for a purported gang leader convicted of drug trafficking, arguing he was the triggerman in the murder of a Chicago cop and his female friend.
