Eugene Bowser, the last Pullman Porter in Chicago, was laid to rest Nov. 26.

Forty-two years ago, the Illinois Black Panther Party lost its chairman and another member in an apparent one-way gun battle with Chicago police on the West Side.

Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanished from their South Side home 10 years ago. They were ages 3 and 10, respectively. They would now be 13 and 20 years old.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee announced Friday it will continue its investigation into allegations Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. or someone acting on his behalf offered to raise campaign cash for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for a Senate appointment in 2008.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — What a state takes away, it also can give back.

CHICAGO (AP) — After her older brother disappeared in 1976, Laura O'Leary suspected that the 19-year-old construction worker had probably died at the hands of John Wayne Gacy. But the family was never able to prove it.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Former NFL player Corwin Brown is scheduled to face a judge on charges he struck his wife and held her against her will in their northern Indiana home, leading to a seven-hour standoff with police.

CHICAGO (AP) — Emergency management officials say residents in the Chicago area should gear up for what could be one of the most challenging winters in recent history.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has rejected a resolution in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, with one lawmaker accusing protesters of "raping and pillaging."

CHICAGO (AP) — A group of former and current technicians for Comcast Corp. has accused the company of discriminating against black employees and giving black customers cable boxes infested with bugs.