This Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey was the first survey of its kind for suburban Cook County and shows that about 37 percent of those teens have sex. more ›

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 ›

Police issued a community alert after reports of strong-armed robberies happening near the University of Illinois-Chicago campus, Chicago Breaking News reports. Three robberies occurred between January 9 and 12, the report said. Victims were attacked from behind then "knocked to the ground" by two suspects said to be between the ages of 15 and 19. As of this morning, police had not found the robbers. more ›

Derrion Albert, 16, was beaten to death in the midst of violent brawl yesterday afternoon. The brawl occurred yesterday afternoon around 3 p.m. near 111th and Wallace in Roseland. According to the Tribune: more ›

The death of a tenth-grade Chicago Public School student on the Southwest Side Saturday afternoon raises the number of students killed this school year to 35, surpassing the 26 students who died last year. more ›

• Joey "The Clown" Lombardo is the latest mobster sentenced in the Family Secrets trial: Joey received life.
• Uriel Soto-Castro, the man who hit three teens with his car on Friday, is facing aggravated drunken driving charges from the incident; none of the teens' injuries were considered life-threatening.
• The Sun-Times uncovered some rather disproportionately high salaries for some area educators.

A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says states should raise the age at which teens can get drivers licenses to 17 or 18. The report says higher licensing age "would save lives." more ›

With the 12th Street Beach just south of Northerly Island, it has become a hot spot to listen to the music coming from the Charter One Pavilion. As many as 1,000 teens might gather on any given evening. But after about a half-dozen fights broke out amongst the crowd Thursday evening, police are now saying they will shut down the beach if further trouble erupts. more ›

Well, if they were anything like us as adolescents, they're in the basement drinking Boone's Farm and watching Star Wars for the 356th time. But seriously, they really should be at home. We mentioned back in January that Mayor Daley wanted to push back curfews for youth, ages 17 and under. As of this weekend, Mr. Mayor gets his wish. more ›