A Rogers Park teen has been charged after he was linked to at least two cases of stealing expensive cell phones from women on the North Side. Anthony Williams, of the 7400 block of North Ashland Boulevard in Rogers Park on the North Side, was arrested Sunday about 4:15 p.m. in the 7500 block of North Rogers Avenue after Belmont Area detectives found him through an investigative alert notice from ... Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- The White House will announce Tuesday that President Obama will seek to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center in northwestern Illinois to house detainees now held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.I reported in Saturday's editions of the Sun-Times that the Obama administration had settled on the nearly vacant Thomson and would be ... Full Story »
If President Obama's decision to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center sets the stage for former Guantanamo Bay detainees to be tried in Chicago, the federal government must pick up the security tab, Mayor Daley said today.Like New York City, Daley said Chicago is in no position to foot the bill for security and related city services. Not after erasing a $520 million budget shortfall by ... Full Story »
Mayor Daley is a self-proclaimed techno-phobe who jokes about being too busy to surf the Internet even as he crusades to close the so-called "digital divide."Does he even know what a thumb-drive is, let alone how to use one? We're about to find out.On Tuesday, the mayor arrived at La Rabida Children's Hospital bearing Christmas gifts for patients and came away with a gift of his own from the ... Full Story »
A West Side nursing home resident initially charged with aggravated battery has now been charged with murder after a man in a wheelchair he allegedly punched because he thought the victim was stealing his food died in September , police said. Ardyce Nauden, 62, was charged with murder the morning of Dec. 11, according to police who said Nauden was in Cook County Jail on the battery charge at the ... Full Story »
A federal judge today ordered a Chicago suspect in an international terrorism plot detained pending trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan said Tahawwur Hussain Rana was a risk to flee if he was released from custody. Details to come. Full Story »
An Elgin man was charged in connection with two attacks on two women on the Fox River Trail near Elgin , Kane County Forest Preserve Police announced today. Francisco Cruz, 19, of Elgin , was charged Dec. 11 with aggravated battery, unlawful restraint and aggravated unlawful restraint for incidents that took place Sept. 27 and Dec. 1 on the bicycle trail near Covey Street and Elgin Avenue in ... Full Story »
A Schaumburg woman convicted of aggravated cruelty to an animal after her dog died due to neglect and festering wounds was told by a Cook County judge today that she would be "kept on a short leash" when he sentenced her to intensive probation. Jenell Land, 33, formerly of the 2200 block of Briar Hill Drive, was convicted by a jury in Rolling Meadows branch court in October of aggravated cruelty ... Full Story »
Todd Baker is like a lot of small business owners in Thomson who've known nothing but struggle and hardship over the last couple of years. First it was failing businesses, then soaring gas prices, then the housing slump and, finally, the recession. Baker, who bought a tiny bait shop along Route 84 three years ago, said the local business community has long looked at the Thomson Correctional ... Full Story »
The Chicago Police Board has ordered the firing of an officer caught on an infamous videotape throwing a female bartender to the floor and repeatedly punching and kicking her. In a unanimous decision, the board found Anthony Abbate guilty of aggravated battery and other charges in connection with the Feb. 19, 2007, incident at a Northwest Side bar. He also was found guilty of striking a customer ... Full Story »
A taxi driver who thought he was going to pick up a fare at an Evanston home early Monday was instead struck in the face and robbed at gunpoint. Full Story »
It's a parent's worst nightmare and it happens more often than you would think -- babies and toddlers getting choked, or possibly even killed, by a cord from a blind. Full Story »
The Obama administration has ordered the federal government to buy the underused Thomson Correctional Center in western Illinois to become a federal lockup for terrorism suspects. The prison also will be used to hold military trials for those detainees. Full Story »
A home in northwest suburban Palatine was left uninhabitable and three firefighters were injured battling an early morning blaze Tuesday. Full Story »
Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner finally took to the skies Tuesday, more than two years later than the company had planned. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off in the big blue and white jet shortly after 10 a.m. PST from Everett's Paine Field on a four-hour flight over Washington state, beginning the extensive flight test program needed to obtain the plane's Federal Aviation ... Full Story »
The ice rink at Wrigley Field won't open Tuesday after all. Full Story »
A northwest suburban high school choir is taking a trip to the White House. Full Story »
The Illinois Toll Highway Authority said thank you to customers for their patience during the tollway's construction projects. Full Story »
Chicago police are searching for a missing 13-year-old from the Austin neighborhood. Full Story »
The governor announced he is suspending a program that allowed the unpublicized release of more than 850 inmates since September. Full Story »
The newest member of the Shedd Aquarium's beluga whale family was born Monday morning. Full Story »
The Jane Addams Hull House Association says its domestic violence shelter is not going out of business and anyone soliciting money to help "save" it is committing fraud. Full Story »
A northwest suburban man who killed his ex-girlfriend's kitten after it urinated on a rug was sentenced Monday to 30 months of probation and ordered to perform 240 hours of community service. Full Story »
The Chicago Police Board today issued its findings and decision in the case of Anthony Abbate. In a unanimous decision, the Board found Abbate guilty of aggravated battery and other charges stemming from February 19, 2007, incidents at a Northwest Side tavern. The Board ordered Abbate discharged from his position as a Chicago police officer. Full Story »
They are surely the most prominent father and son legal team in Chicago: Sam Adam Sr. and Sam Adam Jr. And now they're working side by side on a case that's being watched worldwide -- the defense of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Full Story »
It's beginning to sound like an off-tune Christmas. Full Story »
Plan to bring terrorists to Illinois could mean jobs for miles around, residents say. Full Story »
Thomson could hold up to 100 Gitmo terrorists. Full Story »
The Shedd Aquarium's latest addition: a 162-pound, five-foot beluga calf. Full Story »
Laurence Rosenberg accused of embezzling $79,000. Full Story »
CHICAGO (CBS) â The Chicago Police board has ordered the immediate dismissal of Officer Anthony Abbate, who was convicted in June of beating up a female bartender half his size. Full Story »
The House has voted to level off the abrupt spikes in volume felt by television viewers during commercial breaks. Full Story »
CHICAGO (STNG) - The Jane Addams Hull House Association says its domestic violence shelter is not going out of business and anyone soliciting money to help "save" it is committing fraud. Full Story »
The newest member of the Shedd Aquarium's beluga whale family was born Monday morning. Full Story »
Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »
Audio Available Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra next month as a creative consultant. Full Story »
Questions are rising about where to try Guantanamo detainees now that there are plans to move some of them to Illinois. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says the federal government should be held financially responsible if it decides to hold trials in the city. Full Story »
Audio Available The federal government reportedly plans to buy a correctional facility in Thomson, Illinois to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. The White House is expected to make the official announcement, today. Full Story »
Audio Available Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is defending his decision to restrict media access to the state's juvenile prison system. Full Story »
Audio Available Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is refusing to say if he knew about a controversial program to release some prisoners early. Quinn halted the program after the Associated Press found some prisoners convicted of violent crimes served less than three weeks in prison. Full Story »
A caravan of ambulances in Elgin helped move patients from the old Sherman Hospital location, to a new state-of-art medical center a few miles away. Full Story »
Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »
Commuters will soon be able to use credit cards or cash at various CTA park-and-ride lots. Full Story »
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The recession-era tale "Up in the Air" led Golden Globe film contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Full Story »
Four CTA rail employees have been removed from service without pay after a Green Line train derailment over the weekend, transit officials said today, pointing to a missed "stop" signal as the probable cause of the accident. Full Story »
(Crain’s) — Illinois has postponed plans to overhaul rundown portions of the Eisenhower Expressway, one of the state’s biggest highway construction projects slated for next year. It’s not clear why I-290 repairs were dropped from the next round of bidding on Jan. 15, but the roughly ... Full Story »
(Reuters) — U.S. regulators have warned Abbott Laboratories Inc. about manufacturing problems at its Swedish plant that makes Healon brand devices used in cataract surgery, a letter released on Tuesday said. In the Sept. 18 letter to Advanced Medical Optics, which Abbott acquired earlier this ... Full Story »
(Crain’s) — Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc. said Tuesday that it will pay $400 million to acquire a portfolio of injectable drugs from a large Indian drugmaker. Hospira’s agreement with Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. gives Hospira a larger portfolio of antibiotic medications and a ... Full Story »
(AP) — State Farm Insurance thinks it's paying too much in property taxes in its hometown. If the company is right it could cost local schools and government millions of dollars. The Bloomington-based insurer says the assessed value of its headquarters and another office is $84 million higher ... Full Story »
(Crain’s) — Gatorade is looking to innovate itself out of a sales slump and will spend some $30 million on product and packaging development to do so. The granddaddy of the sports-drink category is pushing forward with plans to introduce "G Series," a grouping of three product categories, ... Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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