Homeless man steals ambulance parked outside Gary police station

While Gary Fire Department paramedics were inside the police station checking a jail inmate with a medical complaint, their ambulance idled right outside the front door. Read More

Senator Durbin calls sequestration a manufactured crisis

Senator Durbin is calling sequestration a manufactured crisis causing horrible choices. Read More

Newspaper delivery person leads to arrest of car burglary suspects

An alert northwest suburban newspaper delivery person led police to two suspicious men Thursday, leading to their arrests on a half-dozen burglary charges. Read More

AG: Station owner failed to pay nearly $1M in gas sales tax

A 32-year-old man who owns gas stations on the West Side and in south suburban Calumet City failed to pay more than $975,000 in gasoline sales taxes. Read More

Reconstruction work begins next week on Kedzie bridge

Work is set to begin next week on reconstruction of the Kedzie Avenue Bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal on the Southwest Side. Read More

Budget cuts cause Waukegan airport tower to close April 1

Officials at Waukegan Regional Airport received notice from the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday that the facility’s control tower is one of 189 nationwide that would close. Read More

Number of Chicago homicides plummets in February

After the bloodiest January in the city in a decade — coming on the heels of a particularly violent 2012 — the killings slowed to a relative trickle in February. Read More

Police warn of car thefts across city

Chicago Police are warning residents of a recent increase in motor vehicle thefts throughout the city. Read More

Firefighter among three injured in Rogers Park fire

A firefighter was among three people injured early Friday during a fire in the North Side Rogers Park neighborhood. Read More

Northbrook, Chicago cops recover bronze sculpture with ties to National Cathedral

For more than five years, a bronze piece sculpted by the artist responsible for works at the National Cathedral and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. has been missing. Read More