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A 3-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool southwest suburban Homer Glen in Sunday morning, the Herald News reports.
Governor Pat Quinn is making vague threats to lawmakers ahead of Tuesday's deadline for pension reforms, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
One male was killed and another wounded Sunday afternoon in a shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Police are searching for up to two suspects who robbed and attacked business owners and pedestrians on the Near West Side in the last two weeks.
Five Holy Martyrs has ties to Pope John Paul II, who the Vatican says will be a saint by the end of the year. Parishioners at the mainly Polish church said they're proud of the late pontiff.
There was a fundraiser last night - and another one tomorrow night - for a 44-year-old man who is still hospitalized after he tried to break up a bar fight in Rogers Park three weeks ago.
A Gary teenager died Saturday morning after he was shot, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.
Another nine-day closure is just ahead on the Brown Line, but this time it's at the outer end of the line.
Chicago Police say a postal worker has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, which has been confirmed by the Post Office.
Chicago Police have now charged a suspect with the shooting that left a five-year-old boy in critical condition.
A man was killed and seven others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday on Chicago's West Side that the police said was gang-related.
Detectives have one man in custody and are seeking a second man in what they're calling "a very sophisticated" high tech scam to steal information from debit cards used at the ATM outside the Community Bank's River Forest branch at 7777 Lake St.
A woman died Saturday night after being struck by a train in west suburban La Grange.
Two icons of Chicago culture, The Adler Planetarium and The Field Museum, have been tightening budgets and refocusing missions. The Adler recently cut 15 staff positions and next year, 18 positions will be eliminated at The Field, mostly through attrition.
