Speaking of anniversaries, last week marked our sixth anniversary blogging all there is to write to about this amazing city we call "home" (no matter where we originated from). We celebrated quietly in the Chicagoist office (if you call four kegs and a petting zoo "quiet") but plan on bringing the anniversary fun to you soon (so keep your eyes peeled). Thanks for making us part of your routine for the last six years and we look forward to tons more fun in the future. more ›

Kaushik Patel, the Glendale Heights man charged in the 2007 murder of his two young sons by burning them alive, has reached an agreement to plead guilty to the crimes in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. Patel made a similar deal in 2008 but prosecutors later rejected that original deal. more ›

Judge Kathryn Creswell has ruled that the dying words of 7-year-old Vishv Patel to his mother will be admitted in the trial of Vishv's father, Kaushik Patel. Kaushik has been charged in the November 18, 2007 attack of his two sons, Vishv and 4-year-old Om, by dousing them in gasoline and setting them on fire. Om died two months later, on January 17, 2008 and Vishv died on February 19, 2008. more ›

Prosecutors have rejected a plea deal in the case of Kaushik Patel, the man accused of killing his two young sons be dousing them in flammable liquid and setting them on fire last November. The deal would have sent Patel to prison for life but prosecutors are sticking to their guns and seeking the death penalty for Patel. Patel had originally planned to plead guilty in exchange for the life sentence, but prosecutors are moving forward with the trial, which begins in April 2009. Patel claimed that when he set his sons, 4-year-old Om and 7-year-old Vishv, on fire, he was actually trying to kill himself. Om died two months after the burning, in January of this year, and Vishv died a month after him. more ›

Kaushik Patel, the man accused of setting his two young sons on fire, is going to plead guilty to two counts of first degree murder. Vishv and Om Patel were 7 and 4 when they died. [WBBM] more ›

We couldn't pick just one photo for today's Extra, Extra. more ›

The Red Line is going to be jacked this weekend. Southbound trains will be running on the elevated tracks between Cermack and Fullerton stops.[CTA] more ›