Three young Aurora boys who were missing for more than a month now are happily home with their father after what they thought was a long vacation on Florida beaches. But their mother, who took the youngsters after an argument with their father, is in... 

It may be hard to imagine Rod Blagojevich looking anything but boyish in his trademark dark, helmet hair. But his longtime barber said Wednesday that the former governor has been dyeing his hair for years and now that he is in prison where dyes are banned... 

A subdued but still defiant Rod Blagojevich bemoaned the “calamity” facing his family and promised to keep up the fight to prove his innocence as he spoke Wednesday during his made-for-TV farewell address. The impeached and convicted former... 

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert beat up on a former ally, Newt Gingrich, in stumping for Mitt Romney in Sugar Grove Wednesday. Hastert said he still calls Gingrich his friend, but, having worked with Gingrich in Congress, he doesn’t want to... 

Todays warm temperatures hit a record high of 81 degrees as of 4:30 p.m., and that heat is not going anywhere as summerlike temperatures could break records in each of the next eight days. Wednesday was the third earliest 80 degree day in Chicago history,... 

A 55-year-old man who was hit by a car on Illinois Route 30 in Chicago Heights Wednesday died Friday afternoon, according to authorities. See the original post here: Man dies after being hit by vehicle in Chicago Heights  Read More →

Police are looking for a 19-year-old South Side woman who went missing about 2 a.m. Friday morning. More: 19-year-old woman missing from Back of the Yards neighborhood  Read More →

A West Humboldt Park neighborhood man will be court Saturday accused of hurling his girlfriend’ dog off a porch last mo nth and breaking its leg while the couple fought. Original post: Cops: Man threw girlfriend’s dog off porch  Read More →

A group of DePaul University students is trying to stop what they call “oppressive” tuition hikes, but the school says it is proposing hikes of less than the rate of inflation. Go here to see the original: DePaul students decry planned... 

Residents of Harrisburg, Ill begin the process of cleaning up from the deadly tornadoes that struck the town Wednesday. [ more › ] Read more here:  Extra Extra: Harrisburg Picks Up The Post-Tornado Pieces  Read More →