While Illinois hardly has a sun-dappled image, the General Assembly could make the state into an city solar powerhouse by helping East St. Louis eclipse Chicago as home to the world's biggest urban solar farm. more ›

• In the latest bit of bad news for U.S. Sen. Ronald Burris, Darrel Thompson, his chief of staff, has resigned. Could the Senator himself be far behind?
• An afternoon shoot-out in an alley along 87th Street on the city's South Side has left a 13-year-old, a 15-year-old, and 17-year-old dead.
• Patti Blagojevich is shakin' off that firin' by the Chicago Christian Industrial League just fine as she's selling a house to bring in a little extra money.

An Illinois woman was sentenced to life in prison without parole today on four counts of murder and one count of intentional homicide in the death of the fetus. Tiffany Hall, 26, pleaded guilty to killing Jimella Tunstall; Tunstall's fetus, which Hall cut out of Tunstall's womb; and Tunstall's three children, DeMond, 7, Ivan, 2, and Jinella, 1. Hall pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. more ›