Police: Driver Was Impaired By Drugs When He Struck, Killed Elderly Woman
Bronislawa Zajac, 82, was walking across the street when the truck James Rudzinski was driving struck her as it was turning left at the intersection, authorities say.
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Bronislawa Zajac, 82, was walking across the street when the truck James Rudzinski was driving struck her as it was turning left at the intersection, authorities say.
ne of the largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history climbed even higher Saturday after no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $425 million top Mega Millions prize.
Margie Chandler is the fifth cold-related death of the season in Cook County.
Bargain hunters poured into the soon-to-be-closed Dominick's stores on Friday, filling their carts with groceries and other necessity at deals almost too good to be true.
Matthew Stoecklein, 58, was pronounced dead at the jail at 2600 S. California Ave. at 1:55 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
A trial judge previously determined police and fire commissioners in Oak Brook was justified in firing officer Stephen Peterson after concluding he'd obstructed the investigation into the disappearance of his father's fourth wife.
U.S. appeals court judges considering an appeal by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich focused their questions during oral arguments Friday on what constitutes run-of-the-mill politics and what crosses into political corruption.
The child found the gun under the couch at his family's home in the 1900 block of Rhode Island Street in Gary.
Less than a year from now, voters head to the polls for the 2014 midterm elections.
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A 7-month-old girl found in a snowsuit and blanket in a "very warm" Lawndale apartment died in part from dehydration and overheating.
Hundreds of Chicago Public School students are getting and giving the gift of music thanks to the Salvation Army.
A petrochemical plant explosion in Blue Island injured two people on Friday.
The Salvation Army also has an outdoor effort at Camp Wonderland just over the border in Wisconsin.
One of the Salvation Army's many programs provides Head Start services to pre-schoolers.
