Saturday 13th March, 2010
Mother Charged With Murdering Infant Daughter
Chicago Sun-TimesVanessa Urbina, 23, of the 10600 block of South Avenue E, was charged at 11:10 p.m. Friday with one count of first-degree murder in the death of her infant daughter, police said.
A Seasonal Health Tip: Adjusting To Daylight Savings Time.
ExaminerAP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen Daylight savings time (DST) begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. Although most people think of it as turn...
Robeson Withstands Furious Late Rally By Harper For First Ihsa Sectional Title
ExaminerDamen Jackson - Triple Play New Media It's never quite over until it's over.Robeson watched what was generally a double-digit lead for most of the game disappear in the final minutes, as Harpe...
Census Shows Our Changing Portrait
Chicago TribuneLook in the mirror and what do you see? When the census form arrives in mailboxes this week, the complex answers to that question will help paint America's evolving portrait, with repercussions for...
Fire Wrecks Historic Maywood Building
ABC7Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that swept through an historic building in downtown Maywood overnight. The fire started a few minutes after 11 p.m. Friday night, but this was...
City Crime Off 10.3% This Year: Cops
Chicago Sun-TimesSUN-TIMES STAFF Crime in Chicago dropped 10.3 percent during the first two months of the year, compared with the same period last year, police said. There were eight fewer murders reported during ...
Can't Stand Heat, Chefs Get Out Of The Kitchen -- And Smoke
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Makeover For Cops' Rule Book
Chicago Sun-TimesFRANK MAIN Staff Reporter Back in 1924, the Chicago Police Department's rule book could fit in the palm of an officer's hand. Now the rules are compiled in six ring binders -- a 16-inch stack of pap...
Ruling Next Week On Daley As Witness In Boender Trial
Chicago Sun-TimesNATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter A federal judge said Friday he will decide next week whether Mayor Daley and a slew of Chicago aldermen subpoenaed by the defense must testify in the bribery t...
Quinn Gives The Boot To 3 Prison Officials
Chicago Sun-TimesDAVE McKINNEY Springfield Bureau Chief SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Quinn's administration fired three top Department of Corrections administrators Friday after repeated calls for a shakeup over the agency's ...
Child Rescued In Multi-alarm Fire In Maywood
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Man Changing Tire On I-90 Hit By Vehicle
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39 Sets Of Twins Roam The Halls At Stagg High School
Chicago Sun-TimesSUN-TIMES STAFF At a southwest suburban high school, students and teachers are seeing doubles. Lots of them. Thirty-nine sets of twins now attend Stagg High School in Palos Hills. Twins make up abo...
Man Shot In The Leg By Woman In Vehicle On I-57
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Woman Dies After Crash On N. Side: Police
Chicago Sun-TimesSUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A woman was fatally injured in a traffic crash in the West Town neighborhood on the North Side early Saturday, police said. At 12:40 a.m., police responded to a two-vehicle acci...
3 Former Candidates Have Applied To Be Lt. Gov.
Chicago Sun-TimesASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO -- Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post.Six Democrats ran in the February primary for the state'...
Flood Warning Issued For Lake Co.
Chicago Sun-TimesNEWS-SUN After several days of warm weather and snowmelt, a flood warning has been issued for Lake County.The National Weather Service issued the warning for the Des Plaines River at Russell near...
Check Out Chicago's New $1.8m Web Site
Chicago Sun-TimesFRAN SPEILMAN City Hall Reporter The Daley administration Friday unveiled a $1.8 million overhaul of the city's Web site, which will make paying city bills online, applying for city licenses and find...
Suv Driver In Fatal Crash Following Police Chase Id'd
Chicago Sun-TimesHERALD-NEWS A burglary suspect who died early Wednesday when his vehicle crashed into some trees and burst into flames in southwest suburban Plainfield has been identified.Henry Wrobel was tenta...
Blue Island Teen Accused Of Killing Her Newborn
Chicago Sun-TimesSUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A 17-year-old girl from south surburban Blue Island faces two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly killing her newborn during a home delivery in October 2009. Adeli...
3 Waukegan Horses May Patrol D.c.
Chicago Sun-TimesSUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Freedom, Justice and Bob -- three Waukegan police horses whose jobs fell victim to budget cuts -- are now in Washington, D.C., ready for work. The horses were donated to the Nat...
Firefly Energy Files For Ch. 7 Bankruptcy
Chicago Sun-TimesASSOCIATED PRESS PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria-based Firefly Energy has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and both the city and County of Peoria say they may pursue legal action to regain $6 million they loan...
Where Can Quinn Get $5b?
Chicago Sun-TimesASSOCIATED PRESS While laying out his budget plan, Gov. Quinn sounded less like the leader of a state facing a $13 billion deficit than a guy looking to find a credit card with a better rate. When t...
Cf Industries Completes $4.7b Deal For Terra
Chicago Sun-TimesASSOCIATED PRESS After more than a year of bids and counterbids, Deerfield-based CF Industries landed Terra Industries on Friday for $4.7 billion, creating one of the world's largest fertilizer compa...
Springfield Airport Wins $1m Grant
Chicago Sun-TimesASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of more than $1 million to the Springfield Airport Authority. The money is to be used to acquir...
Multi-alarm Fire At Maywood Thrift Store
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