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It seems like just about everybody is Tweeting these days – even a fallen tree in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood that is goading city government to remove it after partially blocking the public way for a month.
A former University of Florida and NFL player was arrested after authorities say he left a 3-year-old girl alone in a car while he went into a Clearwater strip club.
City officials say the Divvy bike-sharing program is going well after barely two weeks and there's no plan to make helmets available for rent.
State Senator Dan Kotowski, a Democrat from Park Ridge and a former gun control lobbyist, wants churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of prayer exempted from places where eligible gun owners will be allowed to carry concealed weapons.
A man listed on McHenry County's Top Ten wanted website was arrested early Monday in Florida, according to police.
I get paid to grade things, even though I tell students that they earn grades rather than get them subjectively.
Governor Quinn and Lisa Madigan were together today at an event in Melrose Park, but the two had little to say to or about each other, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
Another Republican candidate has launched his campaign for Governor of Illinois, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A man has been charged with reckless homicide and DUI for fatally striking a pedestrian, then trying to drive away early Saturday in west suburban Oak Park.
Relatives say a six-year-old boy is showing encouraging signs after being swallowed by a sand dune Friday in northwest Indiana.
A large fire has destroyed at least eight buildings in a small western Illinois town.
Whether you're dating a new prospective love interest or have been in a relationship for some time, summer is the perfect time to bring a little romance into your life.
Consider the following methods in which to eradicate boring fundraisers by using creative tactics that don't take all that much effort but that do produce a bounty of bucks as well as fun and friendly interaction in the process.
Summer showers may not happen very often where you live but when the sky does open up and the kids can't play outside then it's time to get creative.
Even highly trained chefs deal with kid critics when it comes to lunch box offerings. The Executive Chef of Shaw's Crab House in Chicago says use fresh ingredients and a little risk and you get fewer orders of pb&j this school year.
