Farmers markets may be exempt from new food safety rules

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released two new proposed food safety rules as it looks to prevent the foodborne illnesses that it says results in approximately 3,000 deaths and 130,000 hosp Read More

Farrakhan urges followers to pool money to build to build wealth, buy property

Fiery Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan renewed a call Sunday for his followers to pool "pennies, nickels and dimes" and amass wealth within their ranks — and he said he'd turn to Read More

Inside Drew Peterson's rambling rant

Drew Peterson loved the wife he was convicted of murdering, loved his job as a police sergeant because it allowed him to "help people" and thought of himself as "a great guy," thou Read More

Justice Mary Ann McMorrow, first female chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court, dies at 83

Mary Ann G. McMorrow, the first woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court and its first female chief justice, died Saturday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Read More

Two dead, five hurt in weekend shootings

Two men were killed and at least five other people were wounded in weekend gun violence in Chicago. Read More

$75k bond for woman charged with fatally stabbing cousin's cat

Bond was set at $75,000 for a woman charged with a felony count of animal cruelty after allegedly stabbing her cousin's cat to death after a fight in the South Side home they shared. Read More

Snowy mix expected Tuesday

Calm weather Monday will lead to a stormy Tuesday with a mix of snow, sleet and rain expected. Read More

White House releases state-by-state sequester reports

The White House has released state-by-state reports about the effects that a series of automatic federal budget cuts-referred to as the sequester-would have on middle class families across the countr Read More

1 dead, 3 critically injured in Eisenhower crash

A woman is dead and three others critically injured after a crash early Sunday on the Eisenhower Expressway. Read More

Man gets 35 years for Waukegan murder

Phillip O'Bryant, 23, had just called his barber to say he would arrive in a few minutes. The married father of one never made it because a Waukegan man shot him in the head. Read More