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Police officers are on the lookout for three prisoners who prison officials said escaped this morning from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The three men, two serving time for murder and the third for rape, were discovered missing at 10 a.m. from their housing units. A press release from the prison said the prison was placed on lockdown and a search of the prison was conducted.

Charges were pending Sunday afternoon for a suspect in custody in the slaying of a 21-year-old Harvey man, gunned down Thursday in the south suburb while on furlough from the U.S. Army. Police continued to search for a second suspect wanted in the murder. Simeon Sanders, 21, of the 14500 block of Green Street in Harvey, was pronounced dead at 8:52 p.m. Thursday at Advocate Christ Medical Center ...

Chicago Police are once again looking for Bear, a German Shepherd police dog who went missing for the second time in two months Saturday night. Police said Bear went missing late Saturday from his handler Detective Richard King's home in the 3800 block of West 109th Street. On May 13, Bear jumped a 6-foot-high backyard fence outside his handler's home when he was scared by a thunderstorm. In ...

A man is dead after a reported drowning outside a tavern Saturday night in an unincorporated area in north suburban Ingleside. The Fox Lake Fire Department said crews responded Saturday night to an incident at Baja Benny's and one person was killed. Lake County Coroner Dr. Richard Keller said a 47-year-old man was killed and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday. His name is not being released ...

The police Bomb & Arson Section have closed off a River North street after somebody found a reported grenade on the street Sunday morning. Police were notified at 8:52 a.m. after somebody found a grenade in the street in the 600 block of North Clark Street, police said. The police Bomb & Arson Section were called to the scene and have closed West Ohio Street between North Clark and North ...

Work is set to begin Monday toward rebuilding six notoriously dangerous center-access entrance ramps to the Kennedy Expressway. And that inevitably will cause a whole different kind of mess: a months-long traffic nightmare at a crucial choke point for Chicago's highway system. Read more in Getting Around on chicagotribune.com .

Authorities launched a manhunt near  the area around the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind. today looking for two convicted murders and a rapist who escaped from the maximum security prison sometime this morning, officials said. Prison officials discovered that the three men were missing after a routine inmate count taken about 10 a.m. this morning, said John Schrader, a public ...

Robbers made off with a safe and cash from the Irish American Heritage Center overnight as the third day of a yearly fundraising festival was to get under way, officials said. Between 2:15 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., robbers went through a window of the center, located in the Mayfair neighborhood at 4626 N. Knox Ave., said Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli. Bob McNamara, president of the ...

Harvey police said today that they have one man in custody for the slaying of a 21-year-old Harvey man Thursday night and are looking for another. Harvey police spokeswoman Sandra Alvarado described the man in custody as a male in his 20s. He was taken into custody between Friday night and Saturday morning. No charges have been filed. Simeon Sanders, of the 14500 block of Green Street in the ...

A passenger in a car driving the wrong way on the Stevenson Expressway was in the intensive care unit of an area hospital after the car was involved in a head-on crash this morning, Illinois State Police officials said. Two other people who were less severely injured were also transported to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, said Sgt. Jody Atkins, an Illinois State Police spokesman. A Nissan ...

Burr Oak family members now navigate the new system for finding out if their loved ones' graves are still intact. Each person is going through a wave of emotions. There's deep sadness, and anger, followed by a quest for answers.

Three offenders at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City were discovered missing from their housing units at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday.

Thousands of relatives hoping to find their loved ones continued their search this weekend. Starting Monday, the Cook County Sheriff's Department will only be collecting info over the phone or by email. It's the next step in a crime scene where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

Robbers made away with a safe filled with cash early Sunday at a Northwest Side Irish cultural center on the third day of its annual fundraising festival.

Dying is something every soldier has to deal with. But a Harvey soldier wasn't killed overseas; he was killed at home. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli talked to his family about the end of a promising life.

Officials of the Irish American Heritage Festival in Chicago say activities will not be impacted by a theft late Saturday night.

Authorities in the Florida Panhandle say they've arrested a man on a charge of evidence tampering in connection with the slayings of a Florida couple known for their large family.

Police officers are on the lookout for three prisoners who prison officials said escaped Sunday morning from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, his Democratic allies are pushing for twin investigations into Bush-era torture and anti-terrorism policies.

The office will no longer take in-person requests for information so they can begin processing graves.

Three people were hospitalized after a head-on collision Sunday morning on the Stevenson Expressway near southwest suburban Stickney.  

Charges were pending Sunday afternoon for a suspect in custody in the slaying of a 21-year-old Harvey man, gunned down Thursday in the south suburb while on furlough from the U.S. Army.

Robbers made away with a safe filled with cash early Sunday at a Northwest Side Irish cultural center on the third day of its annual fundraising festival.

Days after the Cook County Sheriff’s Department closed the Burr Oak Cemetery in southwest suburban Alsip as a crime scene, police are asking for patience as they sort through more than 7,000 written requests from family members looking for their loved ones in the mangled grounds.

According to the Indiana State Prison, three offenders at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City were discovered missing from their housing units at approximately 10:00 AM Sunday morning.

By Sunday, the numbers were daunting. And the magnitude of last week' discovery of bodies being dug up at Burr Oak Cemetery had taken its emotional and physical toll.

File this one under stupid moves. Really stupid.

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"I don't know of a bigger one," Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said when asked if the situation at Burr Oak cemetery is the largest crime scene in county history. Sponsored Topics: Sheriff - Tom Dart - Cook County Illinois - Law - Law Enforcement

Okay, okay, we get it. Yes, it’s the South Side of Chicago and yes, crime is imminent. But showing up at the President’s house carrying a weapon? Not cool, dude.

Police officers are on the lookout for three prisoners who prison officials said escaped Sunday morning from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

21-year-old Harvey man was gunned down Thursday in the south suburb while on furlough from the U.S. Army.

Robbers made away with a safe filled with cash early Sunday at a Northwest Side Irish cultural center on the third day of its annual fundraising festival.

Police are asking for patience as they sort through the written requests from family members looking for their loved ones.

Can companies balance giving workers more personal online access without compromising security or workplace efficency?

Audio Available Illinois U.S. Senator Roland Burris' decision to stay out of the 2010 election has prompted one of his supporters to jump in the race.

Audio Available Chicago Public Schools officials are taking issue with the wording of a new government report.

Audio Available An emotional scene in Chicago Friday afternoon as Illinois U.S. Senator Roland Burris confirmed he won't seek at full Senate term in the 2010 election. Unfiltered: Roland Burris at the South Loop Hotel

The families of twenty-one people buried at Burr Ridge Cemetery in south suburban Alsip are suing workers accused of desecrating their relatives' graves.

Embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris isn't running for a full term next year. Burris announced his plans today in Chicago, saying he's bowing out because of the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign. The Democrat says he had to choose between spending time raising campaign cash or spending time serving the people of Illinois. And he says "the business of the people of the state of Illinois ...

(Crain's) — Former Relay Worldwide Chairman-CEO Wally Hayward is suing his former employer, a unit of Publicis' Starcom Mediavest Group, over an alleged breach of contract. In a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court July 7, Mr. Hayward alleged that he is owed more than $650,000 in ...

(Crain’s) — Joseph Collins, a corporate lawyer on leave from Mayer Brown LLP, on Friday was found guilty of securities fraud and conspiracy for his alleged role in a $2.4-billion fraud scheme involving defunct Refco Inc. Mr. Collins represented Refco, a commodities broker that collapsed ...

(Crain's) — Burger King Corp. let franchisees have it their way -- as long as they were willing to vote for corporate's way. After losing a vote over whether to introduce a dollar double cheeseburger for four months, the corporate office, in essence, told its franchisees this: If you voted ...

(Crain’s) — ELX Futures handled more than 17,000 contracts on its first day challenging incumbent CME Group Inc. in the trading of Treasury futures. That’s a fraction of the average daily volume at the bigger exchange. But ELX CEO Neal Wolkoff was jubilant, because his Wall Street-backed ...

(Crain’s) — Rep. Mark Kirk’s office is denying a report that he has decided not to run for U.S. Senate. According to a report in the Washington Post, the Highland Park Republican decided to skip the race to replace Sen. Roland Burris after a meeting of the Illinois Republican ...

Crowds of Michael Jackson fans poured into the U.S. Steel Yard ballpark in Gary for a public memorial for the hometown hero tonight.

Update: County Sheriff Tom Dart announced tonight that Burr Oak cemetery will be closed as a crime scene.

The Governor says raising the state income tax will have to wait. Governor Pat Quinn is putting his proposed income tax hike on the shelf. The Governor emerged from a meeting Friday with General Assembly leaders and announced he's now focusing on passing a bare bones budget.

County officials are allowing new burials to take place at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said this morning, but are advising bereaved families of possible problems of double burials and other irregularities.

Comptroller Dan Hynes' office has investigated past complaints against Burr Oak Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes is moving to revoke the license of the company that owns the Burr Oak Cemetery.