An unidentified man was shot and later died Wednesday after crashing a vehicle into a South Side elementary school that morning, Chicago police said.

Office’s financial investigators to aid appeal of $80,000 break

Financial investigators with the Lake County state’s attorney’s office plan to assist the Village of Lake Bluff in its appeal of a property-tax exemption the state granted last month to a resident who contends he turned his lakefront mansion into a church, State’s Atty. Michael Waller said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a near mid-air collision between a commercial airliner and a private jet at O’Hare International Airport, officials said Wednesday.

Tribune Co. informed would-be buyers of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field today whether they would be invited to continue in the auction based on last week’s initial bids, with at least one previous front-runner seemingly on the outs — at least for now.

MIAMI (AP) _ Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Syndicated columnist Robert Novak says he has been issued a $50 citation after hitting a pedestrian while driving in downtown Washington.

Friends reportedly recorded talks with ex-cop after disappearance of Stacy Peterson

A Bolingbrook couple who said in a published report that they had secretly recorded for police their conversations with Drew Peterson made up the story, Peterson’’s attorney said Wednesday morning.

MIAMI (AP) _ Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph.

MIAMI (AP) _ Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph.