A woman, either 68 years old if you believe the Tribune or 74 years old if you believe the Sun-Times, will not face charges after she shot and wounded a 12-year-old vandal who, along with a 13-year-old accomplice, harassed her. The woman, who lives in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue, returned home from grocery shopping to find her windows broken. After calling the police to report the vandalism, the boys returned and began yelling obscenities. That's when the woman came out of her house and shot at the boys, striking the 12-year-old in the shoulder. After investigating the incident, police decided not to charge the woman but did charge both boys, as juveniles, with aggravated assault of a person over the age of 60. more ›

Ashley Toney, 16, one of a trio of boys accused of bullying and sexually harassing fellow students on board an Indiana school bus, was sentenced to four years in prison today. Toney had previously been found guilty of sexual battery, felony criminal confinement and misdemeanor public indecency and criminal recklessness. The other two students charged in the harassment, Joe Francisco Carnell and Charles McCloud-Smith, pleaded guilty to their charges. more ›

• A Chicago Police commander has been charged with harassing her ex-boyfriend who is a fellow Chicago police officer.
• A suspect has been arrested in connection with yesterday's hit-and-run on I-80.
• Do not try to sell your wife over the Internet.

• Charges have been brought against the woman who abandoned her baby in a Wheaton yard last week.
• The Sun-Times investigates the use of "company cars" by employees of, ironically, the CTA.
• Chicago Public Schools are going into overdrive this summer to make sure students come back next fall.

A group of Chicago residents living on the West Side have filed a suit against the Chicago Police Department for alleged harassment as they celebrated the outcome of the election. more ›