Two people were hospitalized this morning in separate early-morning fires in the Loop and on the South Side, including a blaze at a Loop senior highrise, authorities said.

Congressman defends actions amid probe linked to Blagojevich scandal

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Monday that he did not violate House ethics rules when he had a longtime friend and fundraiser buy a plane ticket for a woman who had a secret relationship with the congressman.

Judge denies Loyola student's request after being told he has yet to apologize to retired couple injured in collision

A wealthy Frankfort teen who pleaded guilty last year to reckless driving after running a stop sign and smashing into a retired Downers Grove couple sought permission Monday to attend the Grammy Awards even though the injured couple have yet to receive his court-ordered apology letters.

Two men are behind bars in connection with the robbery of a man's iPhone outside a dry cleaning business in the Wicker Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon authorities said.

A Palatine taxi driver is accused of fondling a woman who passed out in his cab over the weekend, authorities said.

Jason Wepsiec spent Sunday evening watching the Super Bowl and wishing his beloved Bears were on the field.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law today that allows Mayor Rahm Emanuel to start using red light cameras to fine speeding drivers as much as $100 for violations.

A suburban man is in fair condition after firefighters worked to rescue him from a sand silo at a Naperville business Monday.

A West Side man has been charged with firing a gun outside an overcrowded club during a chaotic disturbance early Friday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, officials said.

A Chicago cab driver of Pakistani descent today pleaded guilty in federal court to sending cash to a Kashmiri nationalist group that had ties to al Qaeda.

A federal lawsuit has been filed after a northern Indiana eighth-grade student was told by school officials he could be punished if he continued to wear a bracelet promoting breast cancer awareness that bore the word "boobies."

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon has entered the record books eight months before the start of the Oct.7 race.

A DuPage County judge today terminated the parental rights of a woman who abandoned her son shortly after she gave birth to him.

Sen. Mark Kirk has been upgraded to good condition and was able to watch the Super Bowl last night, according to Dr. Richard Fessler, who operated on Kirk following a stroke last month.

A Chicago man was issued citations for drunk driving after a passenger in his car was killed when he lost control of his car and crashed in to several parked cars in Austin on Saturday, Chicago police said today.

Crisis counselors were on hand this morning at Spring Brook Elementary School, two days after a second-grade teacher there was stabbed to death during a fight in a downtown Naperville bar.

A man--and then the firefighter who rescued him--were trapped in Loop condo high-rise elevators for some 3½ hours Sunday night.

Nagging maintenance issues at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks add to problem

Thousands of commuters continue to breathe high levels of lung-damaging diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station, in part because of nagging maintenance problems at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks.

A driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in Bartlett over the weekend is not likely to be cited, police in the northwest suburb said.

A Naperville city councilman is calling for tougher enforcement of liquor laws after the weekend stabbing death of an elementary school teacher at a downtown Naperville bar.