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Authorities Tuesday afternoon charged a third person in the killing of five people in the Chatham neighborhood in April.

KATAGORY V , LYDIAN SEA and SOULS DEMISE have been confirmed for the Midwest Metal Anthem 2008 festival.

Associated Press - July 4, 2008 6:14 AM ET CHICAGO - Bond had been denied the second of 2 men charged in the killings of 5 people during a home invasion on Chicago's South Side in April.

Bail was denied Thursday for a second man charged with killing five people during a robbery at a South Side home in April.

A second man was charged late Wednesday in the slayings of five people during a robbery at a South Side home in late April, Chicago police said.

A gust of wind probably caused a small plane to tip over Wednesday at Lansing Municipal Airport, authorities said.

LANSING - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama leads Arizona Sen. John McCain among Michigan voters, 48%-42%, as he does in three other potential battleground states in the Midwest and west, according to a poll released ...

Bottled water is out and loose change is in at the home of Carmela Vargas. The Calumet City resident, who along with her husband, David Vargas, raised six kids and paid to put them through Catholic schools, ...

Lansing authorities are looking for information about a woman who police say racked up over $21,000 worth of merchandise on three stolen credit cards within four hours in Lansing, Schererville and Dolton.

Following cleanup efforts in the wake of Saturday's brief tornado that made its way through the village, Village President Dan Podgorski said attention now turns to insurance claims and checking with Federal ...

Violent thunderstorms and a line of tornadoes trashed Will County and southwestern Cook County on Saturday, but most of eastern Cook County and Indiana were spared the storm's fury.

The transfer of a former baseball coach at Lansing's Thornton Fractional South High School to another school has sparked a grievance, School Board officials said.

As Land O'Frost celebrates 50 years of success in prepackaged lunchmeats, company leaders eye the future with diversification in mind by Bryan Salvage In 1958, Antoon Van Eekeren and his oldest son, Henry, ...

AT PLAY . Consider the stretch from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Now, consider if you would want to be anywhere else but Chicago during that time.

The brother of a man who committed suicide in jail still must pay the federal government $20,000 for an unsecured bond because the brother failed to show up for his trial, a federal judge has ruled.

A federal judge says the brother of a man committed suicide in the Lake County Jail after being recaptured still must pay the federal government $20,000 because the man failed to show up for his trial. via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis

ANGER AS ART, EDEN'S FALL, ANCIENT CREATION Confirmed For MIDWEST METAL ANTHEM - May 14, 2008 ANGER AS ART , EDEN'S FALL and ANCIENT CREATION are among the confirmed bands for the Midwest Metal Anthem 2008 . via BlabberMouth.net

Britney Spears is expected to appeal to a family court judge in Los Angeles concerning the custody of her two children. via WPGC-AM Lanham

All lanes have been re-opened early Monday following a rollover accident with injuries on the southbound Bishop Ford Freeway near south suburban Lansing. via Chicago Sun-Times

Obama speaks at Munster Steel today. Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama told a group of steelworkers in Northwest Indiana today that he's the man to turn the country around. via WBEZ-FM Chicago