Mayor targets drinking, gambling and urinating on the public way

Drinking, gambling and urinating on the public way are crimes that, Chicago Police contend, can "ruin the social fabric" of a neighborhood and set the stage for more serious crimes, includin Read More

Rite of spring hits Saturday -- the lifting of 27 bridges

A rite of spring hits Saturday when the city kicks off Chicago's boating season with the lifting of 27 bridges. Read More

Emanuel stands by Barbara Byrd Bennett

Mayor Emanuel praised School CEO Barbara Byrd Bennett Thursday for standing up to CTU President Karen Lewis and her racism charges. Read More

Roger Ebert remembered

Many public figures, locally and nationally, remembered Roger Ebert on Thursday. Read More

Roger Ebert dies after battle with cancer

Legendary film critic Roger Ebert died Thursday, at the age of 70. Read More

Illinois Supreme Court sides with city in E2 nightclub case

The state's highest court Thursday unanimously reversed a lower court’s ruling that would have cleared two owners of the South Side’s former E2 nightclub of indirect criminal contempt charges bro Read More

Lawyer sentenced to life for killing former Bull's ex, child

A lawyer was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering the ex-girlfriend and child of former Bulls player Eddy Curry, the Sun-Times is reporting. Read More

Aldermen approve Emanuel's crackdown on deadbeats

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to crack down on some deadbeats has been recommended by a City Council committee. Read More

Bruce Rauner, potential gubernatorial candidate, mum on gay marriage stance

The debate on whether to legalize gay marriage is heating up, both on the national and state levels. The Illinois Senate passed a bill supporting same-sex marriage on Valentine's Day, but the sam Read More

African-American ministers divided on gay marriage

African-American ministers are divided on the pending issue of gay marriage in Springfield, they are lobbying for and against it. Read More