• High-waves close Evanston beaches, Chicago lifeguards cautious
• Deerfield water tested, boil order continues
• Little Village shooting kills mom Kelly Coca, daughter Karla Valeria Eguez, 5; father critical
• Free immunizations for students available from Chicago Care Van
• Waukegan man sentenced in '02 murder of estranged wife
• Mellody Hobson, George Lucas baby Everest born
• Chicago police expanding West Side drugs crackdown through Narcotics Initiative
• Park Points program offers Chicagoans chances to meet NHL, NBA stars, other perks
• East Garfield Park luring attempt triggers community alert
• George Lucas, Mellody Hobson announce birth of daughter Everest Hobson Lucas
• Crestwood mayor, soccer team battle over use of public field
• Police release sketch of man who followed teen girl in Wheaton
• Teen girl with diminished mental capacity missing from Little Village neighborhood
• Deerfield water supply contaminated, boil order in effect until further notice
• Chicago church group to sue Kentucky hotel over bedbugs
• Jesse Jackson Jr. submits prison location preferences
• Chicago's Renaissance Hotel reportedly up for sale
• Chicago firefighters present $200K check to Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Jacob Nodarse sentenced in Darien triple murder of Kramer family
• 4-year-old shot, among 3 victims hurt in Portage Park shooting
• 3rd annual Valor Games for wounded service members kick off at Soldier Field
• Illinois reaction to Holder criminal justice reforms
• Speed camera locations announced as installation gets under way in Chicago
• Swim advisory issued Humboldt Beach
• Man free on bail charged in another death
• Judge denies class-action for CPS closings suit
• 13-year-old MDA ambassador visited by Chicago fire fighters
• Man convicted of 1957 murder to appeal
• Jacob Nodarse sentenced in Darien triple murder of Kramer family
• ABC7 Mid-Day Web Brief
• 5 arrested in Blue Line bike messenger robbery
• Cook County Jail correctional officer Edgar Singleton, Jr. charged with murder
• Skydiver locked in coffin escapes, parachutes to safety
• 7-Eleven robbery at gunpoint reported in Beach Park
• 'Dream 9' immigration activist Lulu Martinez, 23, returns home | UIC student purposely crossed Mexico border to highlight immigration issues
• 400 E. Randolph, first building east of Lake Shore Drive, celebrates 50 year anniversary
• Simon, Quigley officiate mock gay marriages
• Police investigate CPS Safe Passage route murder
• Terrence Snowden, Phillip L. Boyd charged in South Chicago drive-by shooting
• No bond for 2nd suspect charged in shooting that killed mom, 5-year-old son
• Police investigating Cicero shooting that injured 3
• Protesters claim Northwestern Memorial Hospital refuses organ transplants to undocumented immigrants
• Dozens lop off long hair to support cancer patients at 'Make the Cut' hair donation event
• Komen 3-Day walk wraps up in Chicago for last time
• Former NFL players distribute school supplies to needy kids
• Lincoln Square fiery crash injures 3, damages businesses
• Lake Shore Drive reopens after being closed for helicopter lift
• Man Deandre Minor allegedly tried to sexually assault sleeping woman on North Stone
• 2 dead in Calumet Park shooting, person of interest in custody
• Pippen gives kids pointers at clinic
• Meteor shower puts on nature's light show
• Comic Con characters gather in Chicago
• Mickey Mouse readying for 85th birthday
• Lakeview residents walk to stop the violence
• Quinn signs 'Bring Your Parents to School Day' law
• 2 men allegedly attack woman in Schaumburg
• Same sex marriage support made at Market Days
• Aurora man charged in crash with police near Willis Tower
• Bud Billiken Parade 2013 steps off in Chicago
• Fallen firefighter Christopher Wheatley remembered at Chicago fire station
• Woman victim of alleged attempted sexual assault
• Boy, 14, drowns at McKinley Park District pool
• Chicago Vocational Career Academy teacher Bridgette Miller accused of having sex with student
• Settlement reached in 2009 South Haven drowning
• Boy with health problems gets first visit to park
• Alleged Bartlett heroin dealer Nolan McMahon arrested after teen John Dudek's overdose death
• Pilsen teens promote peace through 'We are hip hop' festival
• Nial Funchion to swim 24 miles off California coast to benefit families of fallen police officers
• Naperville man, Renzo Barduagni, pleads guilty to child pornography charges
• Mail stops after postman attacked by dog owner
• Boy born 3 months premature makes first trip to Chicago park
• Man escapes car submerged in Richton Park's Lake George
• 1 dead in South Elgin car accident at Route 31, Woodridge Circle
• Chicago unveils Safe Passage routes for CPS students
• Last Komen 3-Day Walk in Chicago before event ends
• Sheriff's K-9 unit finds at-risk man alive in wooded area near Merrionette Park
• Illinois treasurer warns of imitation unclaimed property websites
• Manhattan man gets 9 years for 86 mph fatal DUI
• Authorities arrest Anthony M. Nugent, man believed to be hammer-wielding Park Ridge bank robber
• Perseid meteor shower will be visible from Chicago suburbs
• Man bringing band uniforms charged after crash into Gurnee school
• $400K part of drowning settlement in St. Charles man's Mich. death
• Shark fin citation given to Chinatown restaurant
• Pregnant woman returns $4K found in parking lot
• Man kills burglar who attacked him with hammer during home invasion in West Pullman
• No charges for homeowner who killed alleged hammer-wielding intruder on South Side
• Homewood-Flossmoor athletic director Alec Anderson dies on treadmill at HS
• Man shot while visiting Gary apartments -- again
• Cops: Glendale Heights man tried to hire hitman to kill family
• Evanston sex assault surveillance tape released
• Charges pending against man stabbed by girlfriend's dad
• Karen Black dies at 74; husband says 'Great Gatsby' actress dead after cancer
• Geneva police warn residents of car break-ins
• Blue, Pink Line CTA station female workers accosted
• BMW plows into Highland Park Binny's store, ignites vodka bottle display
• Lincoln Mall owner gets 1 week to come up with plan, $100K
• Lincoln Mall unsafe, should be closed, Matteson officials say
• Life-sized sculptures inhabit Grant Park
• Fire hydrants to honor Chicago firehouses
• Dixmoor police chief fired over protest walk out