An 8-year-old boy was mauled by a pit bull on the far South Side today. Police say he's in very serious condition. The Stacy Peterson madness continues. Illinois state police served Drew Peterson with a new warrant so they can keep his cars and the eight guns they seized as part of the investigation for longer. And divers searched Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Romeoville and Lockport today for any clues to Stacy's disappearance.... more ›

Shedd Aquarium opened a new exhibit Thursday that features invasive species threatening the Great Lakes. These animals, like Asian carp, gobies, and zebra mussels, and plants like the hydrilla are non-native species that arrive where they don't belong, usually because of human carelessness. While they aren't necessarily dangerous in their native environments, they wreck the party here where they lack their natural predators and compete with indigenous species. The zebra mussel is such a nuisance... more ›