"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

State borrowing cash intended for charities

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Illinois has borrowed more than $1 million this year to help cover its own expenses from money taxpayers designated on their tax returns for charitable use, a newspaper reported.

1 killed, 1 injured in Romeoville plane crash

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:46 PM PDT

One person was killed and another person was critically injured this afternoon in the crash of a single-engine airplane outside a Romeoville airport, officials said.

Man dies after jumping into lake near Antioch

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 12:10 PM PDT

A 25-year-old Elgin man was found dead in 25 feet of water after diving into a lake near Antioch Saturday night, police said.

3 hurt when vehicle leaves road on N.W. Side

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Three people were believed injured after a van or SUV left the roadway on a Northwest Side street this morning, authorities said.

Rocky start can't slow Pride Parade

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:54 PM PDT

The annual Pride Parade, highlighting issues that matter to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, got off to a rocky start this morning after 51 floats were vandalized, but by day's end, the event may have drawn a record crowd.

Hundreds search for missing Indiana student

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 12:45 AM PDT

More than 500 people, creating more than 50 search parties, joined in the hunt for missing 20-year-old Indiana University student Lauren Spierer during Saturday's "Find Lauren Day." Spierer has been missing since June 3.

Death toll reaches 6 in Amtrak crash

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Two truck drivers and a train engineer watched helplessly as a semitrailer skidded the length of a football field before it smashed through crossing gates and into two double-decker cars of an Amtrak train at a Nevada highway crossing.

Chicago man accused of air threats in Boston

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:21 PM PDT

Massachusetts State Police say an Illinois man has been accused of making threats to security personnel at Logan International Airport in Boston.

Amtrak crash: 6 dead, 28 unaccounted for

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 04:24 AM PDT

Nevada officials said late Saturday that investigators had confirmed six deaths after a semi-truck slammed into an Amtrak train from Chicago a day earlier.