Rutgers basketball coach fired after video showing abuse of players emerges

Rutgers University fired men's basketball coach Mike Rice Wednesday morning after ESPN aired video of his shoving and kicking players while berating them with gay slurs. Read More

Tentative plea deal in murder of NIU freshman

A DeKalb man charged with murdering Northern Illinois University freshman Antinette "Toni" Keller has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty in return for a 37-year prison sentence. Read More

League of Women Voters suit challenges city's new ward map

Chicago's new ward map is unconstitutional because it violates the one-man, one-vote principle and uses "grotesque shapes and boundaries" held together by a narrow alley in some cases t Read More

Fermilab faces $36 million budget cut

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in west suburban Batavia is facing $36 million in federal budget cuts, officials said. Read More

Emanuel talks Clinton, 2014 Dem. Nomination

Mayor Emanuel was on CNN Tuesday afternoon, playing it coy with Jake Tapper on the question of whether anybody could beat Hillary Clinton for the 2014 Democratic presidential nomination. Read More

Controversial digital ad deals approved for O'Hare, Midway

A City Council committee has approved controversial O'Hare and Midway digital advertising deals for Clear Channel and J.C. Deceaux. Read More

Lawsuit filed against city's ward remap

A Federal lawsuit has been filed against Chicago's ward remap by the League of Women Voters and 14 Chicagoans Read More

Gary's Air Show latest casualty of federal sequester

The federal sequester has grounded the 2013 South Shore Air Show in northwest Indiana, the Post-Tribune is reporting. Read More

Controversy over school closures continues at City Hall

Dueling press conferences at City Hall today over the mayor's very controversial plan to close 54 schools. Read More

Senator Kirk supports gay marriage

Illinois Republican Mark Kirk has become the latest senator to endorse gay marriage Read More