• A barricade situation on the city's West Side was peacefully resolved this afternoon.
• An off-duty Chicago Police officer was killed in an early morning car crash on the Kennedy Expressway.
• Kirk Dillard got an endorsement in his race for governor from former governor Jim Edgar.

The man who barricaded himself inside Jesse Brown VA Medical Center for several hours yesterday has been charged with the murder of his parents. Kermit Washington, 53, has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of aggravated assault stemming from the deaths of Joe Washington, 79, and Johnnie Washington, 77. [Sun-Times] more ›

A man suspected of shooting his parents last night has barricaded himself inside the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center's emergency room. According to CBS 2: more ›