The Chicago Transit Authority announced Friday the worst stops on the Red Line will see an $86 million dollar facelift beginning this summer. Leaky roofs, delapidated platforms, rotting wooden timbers and out of date security cameras will all be fixed at seven stations on the North Side.

Rockford, Ill. and the Chicago area are experiencing some of the highest metropolitan foreclosure rates in the country.

A new committee put together by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to find new uses for land currently held by two local coal-fired power plants -- Fisk and Crawford -- slated to close in the next two years.

The debate over a Chicago casino and adding more gambling across the state could be starting up again.

As the baseball season continues, so do conversations about possible renovations to Wrigley Field. Elected officials like Mayor Rahm Emanuel have spoken out about funding to the field.

UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: The Associated Press reports that Raffi Torres, the Phoenix Coyotes forward who knocked the Blackhawks' Marian Hossa out of Tuesday night's game has been suspended indefinitely.