$25K bond for scrap yard owner charged after theft, scrapping of 8 school buses

Bond was set Sunday at $25,000 for a scrap yard owner charged after the theft of eight yellow school buses overnight Thursday on the Far South Side, then taken to a West Side scrap yard and disassembl Read More

1 dead, 3 rescued from pond at I-88 near Eola Road

An Aurora woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving left I-88 and landed in a retention pond near Eola Road on Aurora’s far northeast side Saturday night. Read More

Man shot and killed in Maywood

A man was shot and killed in west suburban Maywood Saturday night. Read More

1 dead, 6 wounded in weekend violence

One man is dead and at least six other people were wounded in weekend gun violence in Chicago. Read More

Former Buffalo Grove trustee arrested, violates ban on contacting father

Admitting that she defied an order of protection, former northwest suburban Buffalo Grove trustee Lisa Stone was arrested Friday by the Mundelein Police Department. Read More

Irish set to parade down Western Avenue

Unlike a year ago, members of the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade committee are breathing a bit easier these days. Read More

1 dead, 3 hurt when vehicle drives into pond in Aurora

One person was killed, and three others were hospitalized after a vehicle went off a Reagan Memorial Tollway/Interstate 88 ramp in west suburban Aurora Saturday night and became submerged in a retenti Read More

Judge backs IDOT in airport land condemnation lawsuit

The state can move forward with a plan to condemn land in the footprint of the proposed South Suburban Airport, a Will County judge ruled Friday. Read More

Police warn NW Side businesses of armed robberies

Police on Saturday issued an alert to businesses in the Portage Park and Jefferson Park neighborhoods on the Northwest Side, warning them of a suspect robbing businesses at knife point. Read More

Latest Motorola Mobility layoffs to mostly occur outside U.S.

Motorola Mobility, the money-losing maker of cellphones that Google Inc. bought last year, said Friday it will cut 1,200 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force, mostly outside of the United States. Read More