By Michael Higgins, Chicago Tribune Oct. 2--The family of the late WGN radio star Bob Collins took comfort from a judge's finding that he was only 5 percent to blame for a 2000 midair crash that killed him and two others, but the ruling handed it a stiff financial defeat.

By Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune Feb. 17--A judge deciding who was at fault in the midair collision that killed radio star Bob Collins and two others seven years ago got a firsthand look Friday inside the Waukegan airport tower near where the crash occurred.

By Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune Feb. 15--An optometrist testified Wednesday that if radio star Bob Collins had been "minimally vigilant," he would have seen a plane ahead of him in the skies over Waukegan and averted the fatal mid-air collision in February 2000. Dr.

By Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune Feb. 10--An aviation consultant testified Friday that an air-traffic controller's fatigue was a contributing factor in the midair collision that killed radio star Bob Collins and two others seven years ago.

By Rob Olmstead Daily Herald Staff Writer Attorneys for the widow of former Daily Herald columnist and WGN radio personality Bob Collins presented their opening arguments Monday in a bench trial to determine if the FAA was negligent in his death from an airplane crash.