A rare 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded Wednesday in Lake Michigan near the north suburbs, USGS officials said.
A judge released 90 pages worth of documents on Wednesday in one of the Chicago area's most famous unsolved murder cases.
Expansive police files that have been kept secret since Kenilworth political daughter Valerie Percy was savagely murdered on Sept. 18, 1966 will remain under lock and key, a Cook County judge ruled Tuesday afternoon.
Fifty years after one of Chicago's most mysterious and notorious crimes-the murder of a U.S. senator's daughter-there is a new twist in the investigation.
Fifty years after the murder of Valerie Percy, daughter of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Charles Percy, there are still no announced suspects or arrested but officials are fighting to keep the Percy files secret.
Commonwealth Edison and the environmental advocacy group Openlands have awarded grants for 22 projects aimed at conserving and improving public green spaces.
