Crime

A person was shot early Saturday in the Bucktown neighborhood on the North Side. The female, whose exact age was not immediately known, was shot about 1:45 a.m. in the … Continued

A person was shot early Saturday in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The male, whose exact age was not immediately known, was shot about 1:10 a.m. in … Continued

WASHINGTON – Sometime after 2 a.m. Friday, as the Senate was wrapping up a marathon session – the last vote came at 3:19 a.m. – Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill., was … Continued

Perhaps Joseph W. Campbell considered the cars — including a 1981 DeLorean and a 1997 Dodge Viper — more his babies, than actually property. Either way, the 49-year-old former Tinley … Continued

It’s difficult to complain about the Blackhawks 9-3-1 stretch without Patrick Kane, but not impossible. Their last two losses have been to teams that are all but out of the … Continued

WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., on Friday announced he would  not seek re-election in 2016, throwing the succession spotlight on  Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill., the number two … Continued

Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama over the GOP’s goals of slicing spending and dismantling his health … Continued

A 31-year-old man was shot in the shoulder in a drive-by attack early Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood. About 2:05 a.m., he was a passenger in a car sitting … Continued

Matt Spiegel was mortified. You could hear it in his voice, feel it in his words. ‘‘I hate being that guy,’’ the WSCR-AM (670) late-morning host said as he and … Continued

A second lawsuit has been filed in connection with a Back of the Yards semi truck crash earlier this month that killed a mother and her two young children. Elizabeth … Continued