Chicago may restrict tanning salons

May. 31, 2012
Children in Chicago might soon find tanning salons off limits.On Wednesday, a city council committee unanimously voted to ban minors from using tanning beds in salons in Chicago — a vote that sends the ordinance to the full council for a vote on June 6.The committee voted after hearing from sk

Loretto Hospital nurses vote to unionize

May. 30, 2012
A union that has been trying for a decade to gain a foothold among hospital nurses in Chicago has won an election to represent 144 of them in the Austin neighborhood.

Plane evacuated at O’Hare after mishap

May. 30, 2012
An EVA Air 747 cargo plane clipped an American Eagle passenger plane Wednesday afternoon at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

Lucas Neff is a little forlorn about the NBA playoffs

May. 30, 2012
Lucas Neff might be best known for his role on Raising Hope, but the topic that's riling him up these days is a little more run of the mill: basketball. 

After high temps, Chicago to be in 50s

May. 30, 2012
Chicago experienced the start of some weather whiplash Wednesday.

Fire snarls Tuesday evening commute

May. 30, 2012
The busiest set of tracks in Chicago's transit system was partially shut down on the city's North Side because of a fire at a furniture store along the line.CTA spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis says Red, Brown and Purple line trains using those tracks were shut down between the Armitage Avenue a

Former East St. Louis cop admits to theft

May. 30, 2012
A former East St. Louis police officer faces up to six months in prison now that he's admitted stealing a Rolex watch that federal agents planted in what he believed to be a stolen car.Forty-year-old Larry Greenlee of Belleville pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in East St.

Kennedys' development plan unveiled

May. 30, 2012
Representatives of the Kennedy family and their three financial partners have unveiled a real estate development for a site along the Chicago River the Kennedys have owned since the 1940s.The project, introduced Tuesday, calls for a 925-foot office building, a second, 700-foot office building, and a

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