City

The future looks bleak for many college students who rely on need-based financial aid to be able to attend school. Most affected may be the students at City Colleges of Chicago since the state slashed funding this year to the Monetary Assistance Program.

A high school principal who allowed her college preparatory school gymnasium to be rented out for two juke parties now must pay for it out of her pocket.

The family of Wilfredo Gines hopes a $3,000 reward offered by an anti-violence organization will bring whomever is responsible to justice for the death of the father of three, including two grandchildren of Ald. JoAnn Thompson (16th).

A man was critically wounded by gunfire Thursday evening in the Woodlawn neighborhood in the 6200 block of South Eberhart Avenue, police said.

An Orr High School student looking forward to starting his sophomore year was gunned down Sunday morning.

WHEATON, Ill. — Two men have been charged with the death last week of an elderly man during a home invasion.

Dozens of criminal cases against polluters were not pursued because former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration would not refer cases to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, according to a published report Sunday.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn has again delayed taking any action against the two remaining University of Illinois trustees, who have refused to comply with Quinn's request that they resign.

WILLIAMSVILLE, Ill. — Officials in the central Illinois community of Williamsville estimate about $10 million of damage after a tornado hit last week.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A judge has set a December sentencing date for a southern Illinois bank worker who admits stealing more than $174,000 on the job largely to cover her pilfering from a school's charitable account.