Slick road, fast driving cause pickup to crash into fire truck

Police say a woman driving too fast for conditions on a snow-slickened South Side street Tuesday morning caused a crash when her pickup slid into a Chicago Fire Department truck. Read More

Woman 'enraged' when witness calls cops about child left in car

A woman who left her 3-year-old daughter in a running car while shopping at a north suburban Walgreens later cursed out a concerned witness who called police and resisted arrest, according to police. Read More

AAA: Area gas prices up nearly 60 cents since start of 2013

Gas prices continue to climb in the Chicago area with the highest prices ever for the start of the month of March, AAA reports. Read More

Feds: Investment advisor used clients' money for vacations, cars, dining

A Chicago investment advisor will spend six years in federal prison for swindling clients out of more than $1.6 million and using much of the money for his own personal expenses. Read More

Suit: Chicago Police Department washes out cops' relatives as recruits

The Chicago Police Department is washing out qualified recruits on technicalities or city mistakes because of a "discriminatory" hiring practice that appears to target the sons, daughters an Read More

Quinn vetoes casino bill, pushing gaming expansion back to square one

Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed legislation Monday that would have brought casinos to Chicago, the south suburbs and Downstate, arguing the 2011 measure that had been sent to him in early January was a "ba Read More

Storm could drop 6-10 inches of snow in Chicago area, more than 1,100 flights canceled

A late winter storm blanketed the area in white stuff and led to airlines cancelling more than 1,100 flights at the city’s airports. Read More

PTA, School Family Media reach settlement, lawsuit dismissed

The National PTA and the parent company of PTO Today announced Monday that they had resolved their differences and the PTA’s copyright infringement lawsuit had been dismissed. Read More

Plane makes emergency landing

A small Learjet plane with eight people on board has landed safely at Lambert Field. Read More

Will County tickets catch many violators by surprise

Eric McNeff just wanted to build a landscaped berm to protect his two young children from traffic on Francis Road in New Lenox Township. Now, thousands of dollars later, he has learned he first must o Read More