Labor leaders first meeting with city since Rahm Emanuel announced 625 layoffs

nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room Henry Bayer, executive director of AFSCME Council 31: "There's no need to lay off one city employee" ...

MIssing 4-yr-old from Mt. Carmel, Illinois found near Millennium Park after LoJack signal detect by Chicago police helicopter

arlingtoncardinal.com Missing Mount Carmel Child Tatum P. Lewis Found with Uncle North of Millennium Park; white conversion van found first with LoJack signal ... www.lojack.com

Water taxi captain Ragna Russo and crewmember rescue woman who fell into Chicago River near Roosevelt Rd

chicago.cbslocal.com Fell in during smoke break ... chicagotribune.com Captain Ragna Russo and deckhand David Blackford, passengers, firefighter involved in water rescue ...

Mathie: 'Maggie' the orangutan turns 50 at Brookfield Zoo

abclocal.go.com/wls Birthday gifts included rice, oatmeal and cracked corn ...

Enrico Mascaro, suspect in Steger teen's death, faces arraignment

abclocal.go.com/wls Victim, Danielle Dennis-Towne, disappeared from Nags Head, North Carolina, while visiting friends over the weekend ...

Emanuel, McCarthy: 92 more Chicago police officers on street beats

chicagotribune.com Latest plan raised the number of police officers reassigned to the districts to nearly 750 police officers ...

5 injured in West Side, Lawndale neighborhood crash

chicagotribune.com Sunday 3 p.m. at the intersection of Ogden and Kostner avenue ...

Police exchange gunfire, then arrest man on East 82nd St

chicagotribune.com Police followed the sound of gunshots to two men, who each fled in separate directions about 8 p.m. in the 2500 block of East 82nd St ...

Cook County issued 831 civil union licenses in 1st month -- June 2011

chicagotribune.com 209 civil union licenses issued on first day -- June 1, 2011 ... Tracking LGBT Equality in Illinois -- www.eqil.org ...

Rivers Casino opens in Des Plaines

dailyherald.com Opened 11 a.m. today with overflow crowd ... playrivers.com 3000 S. River Rd., Des Plaines, IL ...

Skipper Mark Money and crewmember Suzanne Bickel killed after boat capsizes during Race to Mackinac

suntimes.com Boat flipped in storm with 60 mph winds and 6' waves; bodies recovered by Coast Guard about 7:45 a.m. Monday in northern Lake Michigan off the Michigan coastline southeast of North Fox Island ... dailyherald.com Sailboat WingNuts ...

Extrication crash at Fullerton Ave & Leclaire Ave, 2 critical

facebook.com/ChicagoFireAlerts Photos: No passengers in cab during crash about 4:50 a.m. ...

City Hall fighting for 18 years to close Chicago’s only topless bar -- VIP's A Gentlemen's Club

suntimes.com Biggest loss in court came in 2006, when the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the city ordinance banning nude and semi-nude dancing at liquor-serving establishments -- laywers fighting ...