The Rockford Register Star reports that 43-year-old Elliott Moore pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated battery to a child before being sentenced.

Rockford police were sent to Rockford Memorial Hospital on Feb. 5, 2010 to take a report on the 18-month-old child, who had a large, open burn mark in the middle of her back.

Chicago’s 42nd annual Pride Parade, always a wildly varied mix of social and political issues that matter to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, got off to a rocky start this morning with reports of floats being vandalized overnight.

A 25-year-old Elgin man was found dead in 25 feet of water after diving into a lake near Antioch Saturday night, police said.

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has left most of the state budget alone.

Three people were believed injured after a van or SUV left the roadway on a Northwest Side street this morning, authorities said.

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says another justice choked her during an argument in her office earlier this month — a charge her colleague denies.

A man was killed and at least 10 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city, beginning with a violent half hour on the South Side.

A 28-year-old man was injured when he fell onto the CTA Red Line tracks on the North Side this morning, officials said.

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Two truck drivers and a train engineer watched helplessly as a semitrailer skidded the length of a football field before it smashed through crossing gates and into two double-decker cars of an Amtrak train at a Nevada highway…

Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he’ll hold town hall discussions with residents – and they won’t even have to leave home.