Illinois Prison Guards Racked Up $62 Million In Overtime In 2012
Guards at Illinois state prisons worked overtime last year to the tune of $62 million but that won't be the case this year.
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Guards at Illinois state prisons worked overtime last year to the tune of $62 million but that won't be the case this year.
A new, two-mile extension of South Lake Shore Drive opened Sunday, relocating U.S. Route 41 several blocks east and extending from South Shore Drive and 79th to Ewing, near 92nd.
A man was shot to death Saturday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed early Sunday in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Two people were killed and 12 people were injured during shootings across the city since Friday afternoon.
One person died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning on the Southwest Side, police said.
Journalist Christine Badowski and art professor Wendy Koenig worked for months to compile an exhaustive list of more than 250 sculptures, murals and other works of art on display around the city.
Connor Cook threw for three touchdowns and Michigan State's defense locked down Illinois Saturday on the way to a 42-3 win.
A 20-year-old man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after he was shot in the Woodlawn neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
Gay rights activists seeking the right to marry staged a protest and rally outside of a north side office of state representative Greg Harris. WBBM's Bob Roberts was there.
Wisconsin man who was allegedly driving under the influence of heroin and told police he had no memory of the incident has been charged with murder in a Waukegan crash Friday afternoon that killed one pedestrian and left another injured.
As problems with the online health insurance exchanges prompt calls for heads to roll in the Obama administration, Senator Dick Durbin continues to support those running the beleaguered site.
Hundreds of people filled a church in Harvey for the funeral of former Simeon High School all-state receiver Demarius Reed, who was gunned down last week in a robbery at Eastern Michigan University.
A motorist is dead after a crash Saturday in southwest suburban Joliet, state police said.
An eighth man has been charged with allegedly taking part in the sexual assaults of two teen sisters and another 16-year-old in a moving van on the West Side.
