January 27, 2016 Wife of Illinois officer who staged suicide indicted The wife of a northern Illinois police officer who killed himself after embezzling from a youth program was indicted Wednesday on charges of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds without authority.
January 27, 2016 World War I national memorial inches closer to reality A monument honoring the Americans who fought and died during World War I is one step closer to reality.
January 27, 2016 Illinois man to be sentenced in terror plot with cousin An Illinois man who prosecutors say plotted with his cousin to carry out a terrorist attack in the United States is due to be sentenced.
January 27, 2016 Judge tells nuns to rework lawsuit over strip club neighbor A convent in suburban Chicago plans to move forward with an effort to close a neighboring strip club even after a legal setback.
January 26, 2016 Judge approves reworked NCAA settlement over concussions A federal judge in Chicago gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a reworked head-injury settlement between thousands of former college athletes and the NCAA that includes a $70 million fund to test for brain trauma.
January 26, 2016 Ex-Chicago official convicted in red-light camera bribery case A federal jury convicted a former Chicago transportation official on Tuesday for taking bribes to steer $100 million in red-light camera contracts to a Phoenix company.
January 22, 2016 Chicago Public Schools announces 227 administrative layoffs Officials with Chicago Public Schools say they're sending layoff notices to 227 administrative employees and closing up another 180 positions that were already vacant.
January 22, 2016 Chicago police pull 2 cops involved in Laquan McDonald shooting Two Chicago police officers have been put on administrative leave because their reports on the fatal shooting of a black teenager by an officer in 2014 contradict what can be seen on squad car video of the incident.
January 22, 2016 Texas man pleads not guilty to murdering wife more than 40 years ago A Houston-area man has pleaded not guilty to killing his 19-year-old wife more than four decades ago in suburban Chicago.
January 22, 2016 United jet skids off snowy Chicago runway A United Airlines jet slid off a snowy runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Friday, but officials at the airline said nobody was hurt.