Despite job evaluations that he says were "excellent to superior," the First Deputy Director of Cook County's Department of Facilities Management was fired Monday. (258 views)... More...

First, the CTA says your Chicago Card is going to expire. Then they tell you, "Sorry, it's not going to expire; don't worry." Then your card (and 3,499 others' cards) really do expire. (473 views)... More...

AUDIO: Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims says she's receiving threatening phone calls after her vote to not roll back the county's sales tax. (167 views)... More...

The plan was, on its face, relatively simple. Buy the engagement ring. Carry it for 26 miles. And then -- in front of the finish line grandstand, the TV cameras, photographers, and the cheering crowd -- get down on one knee and simply say "will you marry me?" (281 views)... More...