Guardian Angels: Don't Let Mag Mile Become "Muggers' Mile"
A volunteer group of citizen crime fighters is calling the Magnificent Mile – a popular tourist destination in Chicago – the "Muggers' Mile," to spotlight robberies along Michigan Avenue.
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A volunteer group of citizen crime fighters is calling the Magnificent Mile – a popular tourist destination in Chicago – the "Muggers' Mile," to spotlight robberies along Michigan Avenue.
An Illinois state representative has publicly raised the possibility that Chicago police officers might be the ones responsible for the unsolved murders of black youths in Chicago.
Business is on fire at air conditioning repair companies.
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.
Deborah Gowder says she can't escape the danger of being mugged while walking the streets of her Englewood neighborhood, a place where she says she was attacked decades ago.
There's a good chance your backyard is full of fireflies this summer, which is a big change from last year.
City officials said they're winning the war on rodents by laying more rat traps to keep them in check.
Ten years ago this month, 13 people died when two levels of porches full of party-goers collapsed in Lincoln Park. "I don't remember hitting the ground," survivor Natalie Brougham said.
"To me this is not work. This is a hobby," Ches Perry said. "I can do this seven days a week, day and night. I don't care."
A local pet store chain has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of dealing with puppy mills, and a former employee of that store has been telling her story to WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller.
An Illinois-based puppy supplier that advertises, "Our babies sleep in cribs, not cages" is being sued and accused of getting dogs from puppy mills.
Parents at an Andersonville elementary school slated to close this summer said Chicago Public Schools officials have added insult to injury, with plans to dismantle some historic murals before school is even out.
The state lawmaker who has served as chief sponsor of proposed same-sex marriage legislation said Sunday he has no intention of stepping aside as sponsor, despite pressure from prominent voices in the gay community over his decision not to call the issue to a vote last week.
Volunteers from PAWS Chicago are going to tornado-torn Oklahoma this weekend to bring back 75 homeless dogs and cats.
Scammers will run an ad – on Craigslist, for example – which touts low rent for a nice house, and ask for money to hold the property for interested renters.
A 37-year-old Harvey man was scheduled to appear in bond court Friday, after police found one dead dog and seven other abused or neglected dogs while enforcing an eviction at his home in south suburban Harvey.
This spring is shaping up as a red-eyed, congested allergy season - on a par with last year.
It has been the biggest drill the department has done in years.
A south suburban mother wants school officials - and parents - to hear her story of how she almost lost her 12-year-old son last week to suicide, because he was bullied.
The DuPage County Coroner has identified the skeletal remains found in a wooded area in west suburban Woodridge last month as that of a man who has been missing for more than six years.
It was just before 7 in the morning and the rain was pouring down, when 39-year-old Randy Ho heard the car crash outside his home in Woodstock, and saw that a woman was hurt.
It was a discovery made just a couple of weeks ago, and the Fire Department has been scrambling to correct the situation.
The show will go on. Next Wednesday, the 17th annual Ebertfest begins in Champaign at the Virginia Theatre, home to the film festival for 15 years.
For the first time in 20 years, the minimum passing grade is going up on the Illinois Bar Exam.
The great aunt of two girls who vanished 12 years ago said she received an email from a woman in Gary who told her something was weighing heavy on her heart.
