Illinois Senate passes gay marriage bill

In Springfield on this Valentine's Day, the gay marriage bill was passed by the Illinois Senate. Read More

Preservationists withdraw law suit to save Prentice Hospital

Preservationists on Thursday withdrew their lawsuit challenging the city's refusal to grant landmark protection to the former Prentice Women's Hospital in Streeterville. Read More

Suspected lakefront attacker chased down, held for police

Three men who were flagged down after hearing the screams of a woman being attacked on Wednesday afternoon on a lakefront running path. Read More

Ex-Dixon comptroller gets 19 1/2 years for stealing $53M

Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison Thursday after she admitted to stealing $53.7 million from the northern Illinois city. Read More

Feds: West suburban woman made fake IDs for immigrants

A 32-year-old west suburban woman -- an illegal alien from Nicaragua -- faces deportation and up to 15 years in prison after being charged with making and selling fake identity documents to other ille Read More

CTA buying new rail cars at 'bargain price,' adding brighter interior lights

The CTA agreed Wednesday to purchase eight more new-generation rail cars with aisle-facing seats at a "bargain price" and to tweak the interior lighting on all such cars. Read More

Former CPS employee gets 2 years probation for forging checks

A former sports administrator for the Chicago Public Schools was sentenced to two years probation Wednesday after he admitted he forged checks, purchased items and then returned them so he could pocke Read More

Teen boy fatally shot multiple times in Cicero

A teen boy died after he was shot multiple times Wednesday night in west suburban Cicero. Read More

CPS chief releases list of 129 schools that could close

The West Side took it on the chin Wednesday in the list of Chicago Public Schools at risk of closing — but residents who packed a CPS hearing vowed not to give up the fight. Read More

Two teen boys shot in Back of the Yards

Two teen boys were shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Read More