Extra Extra: University Of Illinois Will Offer Free Online Courses
- The University of Illinois will offer seven different free online courses this fall, including microeconomics and programming for smartphones. [Tribune]
- The Illinois EPA determined the town of Sauk Village's water supply is contaminated.
- A Chicagoan will be sailing in his 50th Mackinac race. [NBC]
- Two Indiana soldiers were killed in Afghanistan. [NBC]
- Firefighters are battling an extra-alarm blaze that has consumed three buildings in the Lawndale neighborhood. [Tribune]
- Metra announced today that it's refitting rail cars with power outlets and new toilets. [Tribune]
