City Council tackles parking meters, Wrigley Field on Wednesday

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's remedy for the dreaded parking meter lease is expected to pass. It swaps free parking on Sundays in most neighborhoods for longer hours on downtown meters seven days a week. Read More

Quinn: Madigan doesn't have a cell phone

Governor Pat Quinn wants to call a special session of the legislature on pension reform, but so far he can't because Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton have competing soluti Read More

Chicago mob attorney, dead at 73

From top Chicago mobster Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo, to crooked Chicago cops who conspired to rob drug dealers of cash and drugs, Rick Halprin never took on a case that wasn't a c Read More

Attorney: Ex-alderman went along with bribery plan

Disgraced former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano went along with a plan to bribe a Los Angeles County official because he believed the official didn’t exist and that the bribe would never be delivered, Read More

Cubs unhappy with City Council night game limit

Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, a City Council Committee unanimously recommended a new night game ordinance as part of the Wrigley Field renovation, but the Cubs don't like it. Read More

Brian Kelly: Eddie Vanderdoes won't attend Notre Dame, wasn't released

Notre Dame football coach Brian Kellyreleased a statement about freshman defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes Tuesday. Read More

Man's body found by dog walker near Edens Expressway

Police are conducting a homicide investigation after the body of a 20-year-old north suburban man was discovered by a dog walker near the Edens Expressway on Monday evening. Read More

Murphy: Democratic entitlement is to blame for pension problems

Another day, another $17 million of state pension liability racked-up for lack of a solution in Springfield. Now, new blame is being assigned. Read More

Austin: Maybe the stroke affected Kirk

First Bobby Rush and now another leading African-American politician has taken an explosive shot at Senator Mark Kirk for calling for the arrest of 18,000 Gangster Disciples. Read More

Attorneys among those indicted in south side morgtgage scheme

Two attorneys are among four defendants indicted in two separate south side mortgage fraud cases. Read More