Amanda Vogt

A soccer stadium for as many as 25,000 Chicago Fire fans could be built in Elgin, Hoffman Estates, Hanover Park, Bridgeview or Chicago, officials of the Major League Soccer team...

A Tupperware container, a shattered chunk of concrete and the macabre discovery of a human hand in Morton Grove sparked a police investigation and revived questions about a restaurateur who...

For most, Easter is a celebration of family and new beginnings, not to mention a child's excited anticipation of a visit from the Easter Bunny. For a group of Chicago-area...

Two Chicago events held just miles apart--one opposing the war, the other supporting U.S. troops--reflected the effect recent events in the war in Iraq are having on the battle for...

With the U.S. economy struggling, west suburban La Grange has been forced to spend more of its property-tax dollars to fund the future pension costs of police officers and other...

Appearances can be deceiving. While airports will be jammed starting Wednesday with travelers scurrying home for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, airlines are operating far fewer flights than in holidays past,...

A Roman Catholic priest has asked to withdraw indefinitely as pastor of his Lake County parish to fight accusations that he molested two girls in the 1960s, according to a...

Tougher economic times in some Lake County communities in 2001 may help explain an unusual increase in murders and domestic crime, even as reports of crime statewide declined for the...

A 14-year-old Carol Stream girl missing since late last week was found partially buried in a shallow Lake County grave early Wednesday, and police were questioning two suspects about her...

Hot air straight from the Gulf of Mexico, with an unusual assist from the jet stream, routed the last remnants of Chicago's chilly spring Monday, sending the thermometer to a...