Crime

Police are cautioning residents of several Northwest Side neighborhoods after six garage burglaries have been reported in the last month. According to an alert from Area North detectives, the burglaries … Continued

By Mark Lazerus Staff reporter There were no goals for 36 minutes. Then two goals in 39 seconds. Then no goals for 21 minutes. Then two goals in 46 seconds, … Continued

“A global summit on countering violent extremism” is the description of a three-day meeting of more than 60 nations in Washington ending Thursday. No one expects much out of this … Continued

United Stationers Inc. and several related businesses intend to operate under a new, single brand name, Essendant. The Deerfield-based company supplies office products, janitorial supplies and technology. The brands operating … Continued

Extensive closures and reroutes to the Jane Byrne Interchange are scheduled to go into effect on March 7 for construction projects that are slated to last more than a year. … Continued

A blast of dangerously frigid Arctic air is expected to keep the mercury in the single digits through Thursday, when Chicago will flirt with record low temperatures. A wind chill … Continued

SHABBONA, Ill. — There’s nothing like the smell of anise oil and petroleum jelly on a single-digit morning. After he drilled seven lucky holes Monday at Shabbona Lake with his … Continued

Chicago faces its second teachers strike in three years if a “hard-headed” and “confrontational” Mayor Rahm Emanuel is re-elected, mayoral challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia warned Tuesday. Garcia said Emanuel’s bullying … Continued

While a number of Democrats are mulling a campaign against Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Illinois, for his Senate seat in 2016, there has been no talk of a Republican challenger. Until … Continued

No one was injured in an extra-alarm fire in a three-story vacant building early Tuesday in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Firefighters responded to the blaze about 1:40 … Continued