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One charged with DUI in I-57 crash that killed one

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 15:37 by Admin
One charged with DUI in I-57 crash that killed one, ejected child March 10, 2010 Sun-Times Media Wire A woman was killed, a 9-year-old girl was ejected and another woman who was charged w... [More]

Class-action suits could cost Toyota $3 billion or more

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:33 by Admin
March 09, 2010 Vol.156, Issue 46 Class-action suits could cost Toyota $3 billion or more By Curt Anderson Associ... [More]

Backdraft injured 4 Chicago firefighters

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:26 by Admin
March 10, 2010 12:44 PM |  A neighbor's video catches a backdraft engulfing Chicago firefighters.It was one of those small fires that firefighters face every day. But even the smallest b... [More]

Plane crash in Iran, 46 injured

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 15:09 by Admin
Plane crash in Iran, 46 injured Sunday, January 24, 2010 TEHRAN, Iran – A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 157 passengers and 13 crew crash landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday i... [More]

11 injured, 1 seriously, in Chicago vehicle crash

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 15:07 by Admin
March 8, 2010 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO -- Authorities say there's no word of what caused a two-vehicle crash on Chicago's South Side that sent 11 people to area hospitals. Chicago Fire De... [More]

Algonquin man killed in New Mexico crash

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 14:54 by Admin
March 8, 2010 7:02 PM | GALLUP, N.M. -- New Mexico state police say 65-year-old James Schwieger of Algonquin, Ill. was killed in a rollover accident on Sunday in Gallup. Schweiger wa... [More]

Girl dies after weekend hit-run in Chatham

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 14:36 by Admin
Girl dies after weekend hit-run in Chatham March 8, 2010 10:46 PM | UPDATED STORY A 15-year-old high school freshman died two days after she was struck in an apparent hit-and-run in the ... [More]

4 women die in South Side Crash

Monday, 8 March 2010 16:52 by Admin
March 6, 2010 10:41 PM |  Police inspect the wreckage of a single-car crash this morning in the 1000 block of West Garfield Boulevard. (Tribune / Andrew L. Wang) Four women died Satu... [More]

Crash between CTA bus and truck injures 13

Monday, 8 March 2010 16:48 by Admin
March 7, 2010 5:07 PM  A crash between a CTA bus and a semitrailer truck left 13 people injured, one critically, on the West Side, officials said.The crash occurred about 4:45 p.m. a... [More]

Schaumburg intersection re-opens after crash

Monday, 8 March 2010 16:44 by Admin
March 8, 2010 2:48 PM  UPDATED STORY Two men were injured, one seriously, in a two-vehicle crash this morning that shut down a major intersection in Schaumburg for about three hours. ... [More]

Study finds elevated rates of cancer in Crestwood

Friday, 5 March 2010 16:35 by Admin
March 5, 2010 12:09 PM  UPDATED STORY   Crestwood Water Department storage tank on Cal-Sag Road in the south suburb on Wednesday. (Scott Strazzante/ Chicago Tribune)  ... [More]

Gas leak sickens many at Hanover Central High

Friday, 5 March 2010 16:25 by Admin
47 students, teachers sent to hospitals with nose bleeds, vomiting, nausea February 27, 2010 BY JANE HUH CEDAR LAKE -- A natural gas leak that smelled like "car exhaust" sent 47 Hanover Ce... [More]

Peoples Gas worker dead, 2nd seriously hurt in accident

Thursday, 4 March 2010 14:13 by Admin
Peoples Gas worker dead, 2nd seriously hurt in accident March 3, 2010 7:12 PM  | UPDATED STORY Chicago fire and police at the scene where two Peoples Gas workers were seriously inj... [More]

3 hurt in Lincoln Square crash

Thursday, 4 March 2010 13:50 by Admin
March 4, 2010 8:25 AM |  (Carlos Sadovi / Chicago Tribune) Paramedics and firefighters responded at about 7:45 a.m. to a multivehicle crash at the intersection of Western Avenue and Ai... [More]

Man, 62, dies in Palos Hills crash

Monday, 1 March 2010 15:57 by Admin
February 28, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A southwest suburban Palos Hills man died Saturday after driving into a median or viaduct on the Southwest Side Friday night. Donald Poole, 62, o... [More]

Man, 62, dies in Palos Hills crash

Monday, 1 March 2010 15:55 by Admin
February 28, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A southwest suburban Palos Hills man died Saturday after driving into a median or viaduct on the Southwest Side Friday night. Donald Poole, 62,... [More]

Woman hits trooper while talking on cell phone

Monday, 1 March 2010 15:43 by Admin
Cops: Woman who hit trooper was talking on cell phone March 1, 2010 2:01 PM Scene of the crash that injured a state trooper. (Tribune / Chris Sweda) A woman who struck and seriously inj... [More]

Two hurt in electrical explosion at manufacturing facility

Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:50 by Admin
February 25, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Two people were injured Wednesday night during a small explosion at a factory in southwest suburban Bedford Park.The explosion happened about 9:30 p.... [More]

NW Side man killed, 3 injured in Norridge

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 15:33 by Admin
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRES A two-vehicle crash Saturday in near northwest suburban Norridge that killed one person also sent three others to the hospital. Liam Carolan, 21, of 5358 N. Cumberland Ave.,... [More]

Man dies after being hit by bus on Near North West Side

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 14:54 by Admin
Man dies after being hit by bus on Near West Side February 23, 2010 11:06 PM UPDATED STORY A 63-year-old South Holland man was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a private bus on ... [More]

Crestwood woman killed in I-65 crash

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 14:42 by Admin
Crestwood woman was killed in I-65 crash February 24, 2010 5:46 AM | An SUV, left, was carrying two people when it collided with a semitrailer carrying chlorine containers near the Lowell... [More]

Girl hurt in 3-vehicle crash on Kennedy Expressway

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 15:41 by Admin
February 21, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A girl was hurt in an accident involving three vehicles late Saturday on the inbound Kennedy Expressway (I-90) on the Northwest Side.  The ... [More]

Man dies in work accident in Blue Island

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:10 by Admin
February 23, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE BLUE ISLAND -- A man died in an accident while at work Monday in south suburban Blue Island. Brian Fuller Sr., 48, of La Grange, was pronounced dead... [More]

Woman killed in hit-and-run on South Side

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:41 by Admin
February 23, 2010 7:13 AM | A woman was killed this morning after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the South Side, police said Police and paramedics responded about 5:30 a.m.... [More]

Van's tire blows out, 5 hurt in crash

Monday, 22 February 2010 10:46 by Admin
February 20, 2010 2:51 PM | Four people, including three children, were seriously hurt when a minivan's tire blew out and it spun around and hit a truck on the Dan Ryan Expressway this aft... [More]

Pedestrians hurt in hit-and-run

Monday, 22 February 2010 10:41 by Admin
February 20, 2010 8:52 PM| UPDATED STORY A taxi sits at Clark and Division Streets about an hour after a three-vehicle crash that left five people hurt. The driver is standing behind the car.... [More]

Auto crash turns happy evening into night for tears

Monday, 22 February 2010 10:10 by Admin
February 21, 2010 7:43 PM  UPDATED STORY Eva Centeno Cansino and her son, Luis Raul Valdivia, 16, display a picture of husband and father Luis Raul Valdivia-Segoviano on a computer scr... [More]

Plane crashes into St. Louis- area home; 2 missing

Monday, 22 February 2010 09:46 by Admin
February 22, 2010 8:24 AM |  UPDATED STORY BELLEVILLE -- Authorities say a small plane that slammed into a house and hangar in a southwestern Illinois subdivision built for aviation e... [More]

Police officer dies after squad crashes on Lake Shore Drive

Monday, 22 February 2010 09:40 by Admin
February 22, 2010 9:13 AM | BREAKING STORY A police squad car lies against a tree in the median of Lake Shore Drive near Irving Park Road this morning. (Alex Garcia/ Chicago Tribune) A C... [More]

Driver that killed 6 year old girl- charged with homicide

Friday, 19 February 2010 09:29 by Admin
February 18, 2010 7:32 PM | UPDATED STORY A driver with a long history of traffic citations was charged today with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for a crash that killed a 6-year... [More]