Congratulations are in order for Sun-Times reporters Frank Main and Mark Konkol, and photographer John J. Kim. The three were awarded Pulitzer Prizes today for local reporting for their exhaustive series on 59 hours of violence that occurred between April 18 and April 20, 2008. During those 59 hours, 40 people were shot; seven died. more ›

If you've ever wanted to be a Payroll Supervisor or a Machinist Foreman for Cook County, hopefully all your papers are already in order. According to Todd Stroger, the sweet tit of county jobs is going to dry up for all hopeful sucklers in the very near future. more ›