Chicago Sun-Times

Deadline missed, government shuts down for first time in 17 years

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:15:06 -0500

Congress plunged the U.S. government into a partial shutdown Tuesday for the first time in nearly two decades, as a conservative attempt to derail President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul stalled a temporary funding bill.

No one at controls when Blue Line train crashed into occupied train

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 07:39:17 -0500

A Chicago Transit Authority video shows no one at the helm of an “out-of-service” CTA train as it rammed into an occupied train at the Harlem station during morning rush hour, CTA officials said a preliminary review indicated Monday.

Police shoot man in Auburn Gresham neighborhood

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:57:31 -0500

Chicago Police shot a man who they say pointed a gun at officers Monday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of West 76th Street. When police approached the man, he ran to the middle of the block, up a driveway and pulled a gun from his waistband according to Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden. The man pointed the gun at officers and was shot in the elbow, he said.

October begins feeling like summer

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:14:53 -0500

Don’t expect fall weather to go along with your pumpkin spiced coffee — the temperature is expected to climb into the 80s by Tuesday afternoon.

Man kills wife, himself after trying out for ‘Family Feud’: sources

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:14:39 -0500

Marcus T. Crosby and family members tried out for the popular game show on Sunday, but his wife, Kearra Hosey did not, a source said. Will County Sheriff’s police said officers responded to a report of shots fired at 12:08 a.m. Monday at a Joliet Township house, where officers found Hosey, 35, and Crosby, 36, with fatal gunshot wounds, police said.

Man shaving while driving — 1 of dozens stopped on Kennedy

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:15:51 -0500

Illinois State Police troopers stopped a man for shaving while driving on the Kennedy Expy. during a sting on distracted drivers Monday morning, officials said. The man was issued a warning, but about 135 other motorists were ticketed for distracted driving between 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., officials said.