Life Sentence For Man Convicted Of Killing Mom, Escort
An Addison man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his mother to death before hiring an escort and killing her when she found the knife used in his mother's murder.
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An Addison man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his mother to death before hiring an escort and killing her when she found the knife used in his mother's murder.
Some Chicago cops are furious with police brass over a memo that says an officer who was murdered after guarding Mayor Daley's home hasn't been productive since he was killed in the line of duty.
A lot of homeowners are getting the bad news that they'll have to replace flood-damaged appliances.
Federal authorities are investigating the deaths of two 14-year-old girls, who were electrocuted in a wet field while de-tasseling corn in northwestern Illinois Monday.
A Michigan man was in federal custody after he was arrested last week for allegedly bringing a woman and two teenagers to south suburban Tinley Park to engage in prostitution at what he thought was a bachelor party.
A onetime commodities broker from Chicago has been missing since the Carter administration, and was declared legally dead a quarter century ago.
Union workers say someone turned on the heat lamps in blazing hot broad daylight Thursday, as they walked a picket line in front of the Park Hyatt Hotel.
The animals at Brookfield Zoo are getting a special treat to beat the heat.
With a heat index in the neighborhood of 100 degrees, who would want to spend eight hours walking, block after block, carrying a heavy bag?
A 16-year-old girl from Lake Forest is dead after being struck by a large falling tree in the Teton Wilderness in Wyoming.
With hundreds of thousands of people still without power from the storms on Monday, a timely consumer survey regarding utility companies ranks ComEd very low in terms of customer satisfaction.
An investigation that uncovered credit card abuses, which led to the ouster of the heads of the Chicago Housing Authority and Chicago Park District, has prompted Mayor Rahm Emanuel to cancel most city credit cards and all petty cash.
The UIC forum was packed with more than 1,000 activists and union members Thursday night for the first ever "People's City Council Meeting."
A Chicago mother who lost her kids because she was deemed an unfit parent now has them back.
Cook County is doing away with a 7-year-old program to, among other things, equip suburban police cars and fire trucks with cameras.
Former President Bill Clinton toured a display of electric cars on Michigan Avenue this morning and said they're not just the future of American transportation, but the future of American jobs.
A Palatine man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, whose school bus stopped in front of his home.
An annual water quality report from the National Resources Defense Council found that Great Lakes beaches were the most frequently closed beaches in the nation because of contaminated water.
Some University of Massachusetts Amherst professors have authored a study for the Public Interest Research Group, which concludes that speculation in the oil futures market is having a big impact on prices at the pump.
Imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan got to spend a few hours with his wife before she lost her battle with lung cancer Monday night.
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a bill that will require all back seat passengers to wear seat belts--with the exception of those riding in cabs.
The Chicago-based Poetry Foundation has opened its new $21 million headquarters on the city's Near North Side.
Search and rescue crews are back on Fox Lake, searching for a man who might have drowned late last night.
The Chicago Transit Authority is doubling the number of cameras at L stops and subway platforms.
