These are dangerous times to be a basketball star in this town. For the second time this month, a Chicago-native NBA star has been the victim of a home invasion. more ›

Early Saturday morning a woman was crossing the street at 1227 N. Ashland and was hit by a cab. Chicago police are searching for the taxi driver, who witnesses say was speeding through a red light when the woman was hit and critically injured. The 26-year old is currently at the Stroger Hospital of Cook County. Police are still looking for any information regarding the cab driver, who was last seen speeding North on Ashland.... more ›

Early Saturday morning, a 14-year-old boy from Lake Villa, near Illinois' Wisconsin border, died. And the seeming nonchalance with which the AP delivers the following indirect quote caught us a bit off guard, "Lake County Coroner Richard Keller said Carl Schultz Jr. had borrowed a relative's car for a late-night ride." You still have to be 16-years-old to drive a car without supervision right? And even on weekends shouldn't 14-year-olds be in bed before midnight?... more ›