Workers Charged For Shaking Snacks Out Of Vending Machine
Some southwest suburban workers who got the munchies are now in trouble with the law.
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Some southwest suburban workers who got the munchies are now in trouble with the law.
AAA Chicago is using the word "volatile" to describe gas prices over the past month, but mainly, the trend is decidedly upward.
A Chicagoan is celebrating her 13th birthday Wednesday, but she's hardly a teenager.
Two controversial coal-fired power plants in Chicago reportedly are being phased out.
Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance company is planning a special full-evening dance program to mark its 35th anniversary this fall.
It will be a homecoming for an acclaimed director next September, when Chicago's Goodman Theatre opens its new season.
Fewer people are sitting down to a big breakfast in the morning.
Patti Blagojevich is again proclaiming her husband's innocence, as he prepares to head to prison.
It could be a contentious school board meeting Monday in Oswego Community School District 308.
West suburban police are complaining about what they call the toothpaste effect – gang members being squeezed out of Chicago and into their communities.
Another week has brought another hike in gas prices for the Chicago area.
This week's spike in crude oil prices is catching up to Chicago area drivers, with prices at the pump suddenly soaring about 20 cents a gallon to an average of $3.74.
Police hope a new sketch will help them catch the man who attacked and sexually assaulted a young girl in broad daylight in the West Englewood neighborhood.
A high school in Des Plaines is the latest to crack down on sexually suggestive dancing, or "grinding."
The Chicago Board of Education has voted to close seven public schools next school year and "turn around" 10 other schools, despite vehement objections from many parents, teachers and community members.
Another side is weighing in on the Chicago school system's plan to fix some failing schools.
Police are investigating an overnight tragedy in the Gold Coast, in which a developmentally disabled 16-year-old boy was found dead in a trash compactor in a high-rise on Astor Street.
Oil prices are spiking after Iran cut off exports to Britain and France and threatened to expand the embargo to other European countries, and that means gas prices are skyrocketing too.
After a tragic accident, McHenry County fire officials are warning about the dangers of going out on the ice in this abnormally mild winter.
A high-ranking member of a Northwest Side gang says a police crackdown has paralyzed the gang and sharply cut into its drug sales.
The charitable foundation best known for its "genius grants" to individuals is now is awarding millions to organizations – including two in Chicago.
Police in northwest Indiana want nothing to do with a reward that is being offered in a murder case.
A published report says an Oak Park nursing home failed to report a fight between two residents that left an Alzheimer's patient dead earlier this week.
High-speed rail service has arrived in Chicago.
Chicago Public Schools officials said Tuesday that they are seeking to implement a new sick day policy for non-union workers, ending a decades-long practice that has cost the system tens of millions of dollars a year.
