• Jeffrey, Lori, and Michael Kramer, the victims of last week's triple murder in Darien, were laid to rest today.
• Calvin Boender's trial was delayed, but only briefly, as an Appeals Court turned down Boender's request to strike testimony by his former attorney.
• Chicago apparently has some terrible drivers.

A United Airlines plane flying out of O'Hare International Airport made an emergency landing in New Jersey this morning after its landing gear "failed to deploy," Chicago Breaking News reports. Passengers were evacuated and no one was injured. more ›

Remember Lake Villa's Robert Kadera? He's the dad who landed his single engine plane on a Lincolnshire golf course in March 2008 so his son wouldn't be late for a tennis lesson. He's back in the news for another unorthodox landing, but this time the situation was a bit more dire. Yesterday, he landed his plane in a farmer's field near Antioch but it was at least an emergency landing. From Fox 32: more ›

• Rev. Steve Wu, the pastor of Willow Creek Chicago - part of the megachurch Willow Creek Community Church, has resigned due to acts of "sexual impurity."
• The strange, terrible saga of Lockport, Illinois soldier Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr. continues.
• Well, it's no Miracle on the Hudson, but props to the pilot of a small plane who managed to make an emergency landing on the frozen Gray's Lake yesterday.

One woman was killed and three others injured early this morning when the car she was driving struck a pillar supporting the elevated Green Line in the 3700 block of West Lake Street. [Trib, S-T] more ›