Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner moves toward run for governor

Millionaire venture capitalist Bruce Rauner moved a step closer toward running for governor by announcing Tuesday he is forming an exploratory campaign committee and embarking on a 60-day “listening t Read More

More than 9 inches of snow dropped in Tuesday's storm

The Tuesday snowstorm that made Chicago's evening rush a "nightmare" produced the most accumulation since the 2011 blizzard. Read More

Dawn Clark Netsch, iconic Illinois politician, dies

There was nobody like Dawn Clark Netsch, the cigarette-smoking, pool-playing politician who helped break barriers that had kept women as stenographers and homemakers. Read More

Flight travel mostly back to normal after Tuesday snowstorm

Flight travel in and out of Chicago's two major airports has mostly returned to normal after Tuesday's storm produced the greatest accumulation of snow since the 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard. Read More

Peterson judge 'shocked' by former attorney's comments

The judge who presided over Drew Peterson's murder trial said Tuesday he's "shocked" by some of the comments the ex-cop's lead trial attorney has made. Read More

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