Armed robberies: 4 muggings, 2 victims beaten in Oak Park

abclocal.go.com/wls Robbery on 400 block and 100 block of Washington Blvd; 3 offenders in each case with a semiautomatic handgun used in each case ...

Schaumburg teen, Luis F. Alvarez-Suchini, 16, gets 2 years for molesting child

dailyherald.com Molested the 5-year-old in his neighborhood; pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse ...

Elgin man, Ricardo Robledo-Espino, 29, guilty of breaking baby stepdaughter's legs

dailyherald.com He was watching the child, and her older sister, while the mother was out; faces 6 to 30 years in prison on each of the two counts ...

WKQX, Q101 RIP, 101.1 MHz goes all news 24/7 with WWWN-FM

suntimes.com Merlin Media claims to be Chicago’s “only 24-hour news station” citing the fact that WBBM also airs Bears games, simulcasts of “60 Minutes” and some late-night non-news programming ... q101.com Q101 to live on via internet streaming at q101.com ...

Blagojevich sentencing set for October 6

chicagotribune.com Convicted earlier this summer on 17 counts of public corruption and another count from earlier trial for lying to FBI ... chicagotribune.com Convicted on 1 of 24 counts in August 2010 ...

Barack Obama scheduled to be in town Wednesday for birthday gala at Aragon Ballroom

chicagotribune.com Event features Jennifer Hudson and Herbie Hancock with dinner fundraiser at $35,800  per person ...

TCF National Bank robbers flee in taxi cab, and getaway until Waukegan police find out about the cab

dailyherald.com TCF Bank in Jewel, 900 block of Green Bay Rd make getaway in hailed cab, but police call cab company to find out where they went -- arrested at the 1000 block of New York St ...

Father, son arrest from 3rd floor balcony of burning apartment building in West Chicago

dailyherald.com Firefighters reached father and son with a ladder in the 1600 block of Windsor Drive; all residents of 24-unit apartment building temporarily placed in alternate housing ...

Retired bank president Garry Bradley, 62, struck and killed while jogging

chicagotribune.com Former president of Bank Calumet, now First Midwest, was hit by 19-yr-old driver who apparently fell asleep and crossed the center lane on a county road west of Valparaiso ...