abclocal.go — Heavy winds are continuing to fan an extra-alarm fire at a commercial building in the South Loop early Tuesday.
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abclocal.go — More than 400,000 Chicago Public Schools students begin classes Tuesday morning at 475 schools.
abclocal.go — Drew Peterson has released a new letter from jail, along with a picture of his children, to the news media.
chicagotribune — The grass-roots group, United We Learn, uses personal narratives in video to seek changeThe group United We Learn hopes to help close the gap in school funding, making its case in a video, titled "The Education They Deserve," featuring interviews with students, teachers and parents from Chicago and the North...
chicagotribune — The fresh money would buy time to keep the project going so the city will be able to persuade the airport's two largest tenants to help with funding and avoid costly litigationThe Daley administration is expected to tell aldermen Tuesday why it needs to issue $1 billion in new bonds...
abclocal.go — Suspects ran away from a stolen car after it ran down a woman and three children. The terrifying accident was caught on a surveillance camera, and the mother of two of the injured children is now calling on the driver to surrender to police.
chicagobreakingnews — Police are investigating the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl from Highwood in North Chicago early Sunday.Adriana Avila, of the 0-99 block of Walker Avenue in Highwood, was shot in the chest once and pronounced dead at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a home in the 1500 block of Victory Avenue,...
abclocal.go — A suburban family was looking for answers Monday night after a teenage girl was shot and killed over the weekend.
chicagoist — Labor Day weekend afforded us many things: an end to excessive white-wearing, beautiful weather and a fine array of music at North Coast Music Festival. In a summer filled with festivals of all types, North Coast rose to the top as one of the city's most enjoyable events. Logically scheduled...
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chicagobreakingnews — Administration officials say President Barack Obama will call for new investments in the nation's roads, railways and airports that would cost at least $50 billion.The proposal is part of a package of targeted investments the administration will announce in hopes of jump-starting the economy ahead of the November elections. The...
abclocal.go — The clock is ticking for the end of summer vacation for Chicago Public School students, and it is time to get ready.
abclocal.go — Labor Day is no day off for many of the candidates seeking state office.
chicagoist — Photo by topmedic When the first round of cool, crisp fall weather hit the city last week, some celebrated the first hint of fall while others lamented the impending end of summer. Today's temp will buck the cooler weather trend as highs will reach into the mid-to-upper 80s which make...
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chicagoist — AP Photo/Winslow Townson White Sox Stun, Sweep Red Sox The White Sox took the Series of Sox with a sweep yesterday after a ninth-inning rally stunned Boston and Chicago came out 7-5 winners. The Sox found themselves down 5-3, down to their final out before mounting a rally that has something...
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chicagobreakingnews — Today is the last day you can swim off Chicago's beaches. The official beach season in the city ends today. The Chicago Park District says that means all beaches along Chicago's 26 miles of lakefront will be closed to swimmers.Today's weather forecast calls for a few showers and thunderstorms early,...
chicagotribune — Men argued, then pulled knives on each other, prosecutors sayA Chicago man is accused of stabbing his roommate over an $80 telephone bill at their West Side home, prosecutors said Sunday.
chicagobreakingnews — A portion of Lake Shore Drive where it intersects with the Stevenson Expressway was closed tonight as police investigated a single-vehicle crash that left seven people hurt, officials said. The accident happened at about 9 p.m. when a vehicle that was northbound on the Stevenson rolled over and landed on the northbound lanes of Lake Shore...
chicagotribune — Church wants accused pastor to pay back rentA pastor who owes thousands of dollars in unpaid wages to former teachers at his private Christian academy also stands accused of not paying a Lutheran church that allowed him to lease classroom space until May.
chicagotribune — Filibuster over federal funding leaves Put Illinois to Work in limboPut Illinois to Work has become the nation's largest year-round subsidized employment program. But in coming weeks, workers supported by the program could be unemployed again unless Congress extends the fund that supports Put Illinois to Work.
chicagotribune — 51 percent of Illinois residents approve of Obama's job as president, but that's down from 59 percent last yearEnthusiasm for Barack Obama's presidency in his home state has cooled as Illinois voters have grown increasingly uneasy over stewardship of the sputtering economy, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll has found.
abclocal.go — Traffic on Lake Shore Drive was blocked Sunday night as emergency crews were on the scene of an accident on the northbound ramp to Lake Shore Drive from the Stevenson Expressway.
abclocal.go — Look out speeders, fines are going up. Traffic tickets will soon cost as much as 60 percent more than they do now in Illinois.
chicagobreakingnews — A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle this morning in the North Side's Rogers Park community, according to Chicago police. The victim, described as an "older man," was hit by the vehicle about 9:45 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Farwell Avenue, said Officer Veejay Zala, a police spokesman. Further details...