Police are conducting a death investigation after a woman jumped to her death from 95th Street onto the Dan Ryan Expressway this afternoon.

The fifth person charged with the fatal beating of Fenger High School honors student Derrion Albert pleaded not guilty to murder charges today.

State officials say unemployment in Illinois rose slightly from December to January.

Eight students were arrested after a fight Feb. 25 at Rich Central High School, 3600 W. 203rd St., Olympia Fields.

A decision by the Country Club Hills City Council to pay a struggling restaurant owner's $7,200 electric bill was met with opposition Monday night from a group of residents.

No one was injured in a suspicious, extra-alarm fire that started in a boarded-up house in Dolton early Tuesday, the fire chief said.

An Orland Park Village Board committee agreed Monday night to commit the village to paying more for consultants as it and other suburbs renegotiate their water supply agreement with Oak Lawn.

A 16-year-old girl was killed and two others teen girls were injured after the car they were in apparently blew a stop sign and was broadsided by a pickup truck Monday night near New Lenox.

Five men, including two Chicagoans, planned to bring about 1,800 pounds of marijuana from Texas to sell locally, federal authorities claim. The street value was estimated at $1.8 million.

Whether the Chicago Heights Park District Board will open the bidding process for district contracts is a question that won't be answered until next month's board meeting at the earliest.