Students march to protest loss of bus service
A parade of children and parents marched along a busy road in Lansing Wednesday morning to protest a Thornton school's decision to eliminate their bus route.

Undocumented immigrant in coma dies at West Side hospital before deportation
Mexican man in U.S. 11 years had brain hemorrhage in July, sister says

A 30-year-old Mexican man who was in a coma, and whose treatment for a brain hemorrhage at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago ignited a dispute over whether hospitals should send medically needy undocumented immigrants back to their countries of origin, has succumbed to his injuries at the West Side hospital.

Illinois Democratic hug fest at convention

Meeks finds meeting on school deal elusive at DNC

Authorities destroy marijuana plants growing in McHenry County
Authorities destroyed about 1,200 marijuana plants, with an estimated value of $1.2 million, that were found growing on private property in rural McHenry County near Harvard, Sheriff Keith Nygren said Wednesday.

Sun-Times columnist Mariotti resigns

Jurors of Chicago inspections supervisor view alleged exchange of cash
Tiny video camera was attached to chest of star witness

City inspector Travis Echols wandered toward his boss' desk as he said he had done before , telling the supervisor he was fresh from a building site with a pocketful of bribe money from a contractor who needed him to look the other way.

Probation given in fatal hit-and-run at Berwyn train station
Driver pleads guilty to reckless homicide, avoids prison term

A man who fled after driving his sport-utility vehicle into the Berwyn train depot and killing the station agent two years ago will not serve time in prison.

Some Tri-State lanes reportedly reopened after fatal semi crash, downed power lines
The Tri-State Tollway was backed up Wednesday afternoon after separate incidents involving a fatal semi crash and downed power lines.

Milton Township man gets 30 years for '06 slaying of mother
He pleads guilty but mentally ill and will get mental health treatment in prison

A Wheaton-area man with a history of domestic violence and mental illness pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to fatally choking and stabbing his mother two years ago.