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Watchdog Update: Durbin calls for audit on trucking safety

December 23, 2018 at 5:23 p.m.

Sen. Dick Durbin called Wednesday for an audit of how federal regulators monitor trucking companies with checkered safety records, singling out the case of a Naperville carrier involved in a...

Cub fan arrested for damaging police car outside Wrigley

May 21, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

Before one pitch was thrown at Wrigley Field this season, a fan upset at being kicked out of the ballpark was arrested for allegedly shoving a newspaper stand into a...

Prosecutors: Man beats neighbor’s boyfriend after parking beef

May 21, 2019 at 7:50 a.m.

Upset about a parking spot outside the building he shared, prosecutors said a man beat his upstairs neighbor's boyfriend unconscious on Friday evening after brandishing a gun. Tommie R. Wright,...

Man charged with arson after trying to burn garage down

May 21, 2019 at 7:50 a.m.

A Southeast Side man who allegedly set fires outside his ex-girlfriend's garage in January appeared in bond court Saturday on a felony arson charge. Prosecutors said Norman W. Cage, 58,...

Woman charged with robbing North Side beauty supply store

May 21, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

A Southwest Side woman went to the counter of a cosmetics store with nail polish on Friday, police said, but pulled out a weapon instead of a wallet when it...

Parking argument leads to armed confrontation outside club

May 21, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

A dispute about parking at a Near North Side nightclub early Friday ended with security guards detaining a man who they said threatened them with a gun. The guards told...

Chicago-area doctors’ group announces data breach

December 23, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.

Surgical information for more than 1,200 patients may have been compromised in February when an unknown person accessed a doctor's Gmail account, a Chicago-area physicians' group announced Friday. Midwest Orthopaedics...

Cub fan arrested for damaging police car outside Wrigley

December 23, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.

Before one pitch was thrown at Wrigley Field this season, a fan upset at being kicked out of the ballpark was arrested for allegedly shoving a newspaper stand into a...

Woman charged with robbing North Side beauty supply store

December 23, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.

A Southwest Side woman went to the counter of a cosmetics store with nail polish on Friday, police said, but pulled out a weapon instead of a wallet when it...

Parking argument leads to armed confrontation outside club

December 23, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.

A dispute about parking at a Near North Side nightclub early Friday ended with security guards detaining a man who they said threatened them with a gun. The guards told...

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