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Friday is the last day low-income flood victims can apply for extra food stamps. People have been forming long lines all week long, and Friday morning was no different.

Activists and parents of victims of gang violence reacted to the news conference held by a group of self-described gang leaders.

As many as three people may be dead of gunshot wounds on the South Side.

Prosecutors have charged an older brother in connection with the shooting death of an 8-year-old Dolton boy.

Chicago ranks near the bottom of a list of safe cities for driving.

A north suburban woman was arrested and charged with DUI in connection with a fatal Wednesday night crash in Gurnee that killed a 20-year-old pedestrian.

Funeral services were held Thursday for Chicago Heights mayor Alex Lopez.

Soldiers who spent a year in Iraq returned home to friends and family at O'Hare Airport Thursday.

Allergies are acting up for many people this summer as pollen counts have hit record highs.

A mechanical problem on an outbound Metra Electric Line train is causing delays for other trains Thursday evening.

A research professor at Northwestern University is defending a more than $700,000 stimulus grant he has received to create computer software that tells jokes.

Chicago police say prosecutors would charge gang leaders under what's called the RICO law. What is the law and can the threatened legal action work?

Workers for Hyatt hotels in Chicago are threatening a strike Friday, but they aren't saying which hotel is being targeted.

Apartment renters and condo buyers would get more protection under a proposed ordinance that Mayor Daley plans to introduce to the City Council.

Federal emergency management officials say more than 45,000 Illinois residents have applied for aid after flooding hit the state last month.

People who claim they are reformed gang members are holding a news conference this morning to react to Jody Weis's decision to meet with gang members about violence in the city.

Nearly two dozen local soldiers are returning from Iraq Thursday, just days after the official end of combat operations in that country.

Charges are pending for two of the four people suspected of stealing rare birds in the west and southwest suburbs.

An American Airlines plane is on standby to make an emergency landing at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

Charges have been filed against a man accused of attacking a patient in a west suburban Aurora hospital.

Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley says the city will consolidate some departments in an effort to streamline government and save money.

A woman has sued American Airlines, saying she was traumatized when the plane she was on ran off the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

A south suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a murder that occurred on the city's South Side a little more than 15 years ago.

The Illinois Corrections chief who has been blamed for a secret early prison release program is stepping down, a spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn told the Chicago Tribune.

Firefighters rescued a worker who fell into the gears of a downtown bridge early Thursday.

A 24-year-old woman participating in a car stunt suffered a serious head injury during a "Transformers 3" shoot in northwest Indiana one day before filming was supposed to conclude in the Chicago area.

A group of self-proclaimed gang leaders who are angry about a threatened police crackdown will hold a news conference Thursday.

Indiana State Police say a movie extra was seriously injured during the filming of 'Transformers 3' in East Chicago Wednesday night.

Authorities are searching for a man accused of robbing a west suburban bank, possibly for the second time in three weeks, on Wednesday.

A former chemist for a northwest suburban paint manufacturing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing formulas and other trade secrets worth up to $20 million as he prepared to go to work for an overseas competitor.