SUV plows into apartment, kills sleeping woman
Startled awake by a thunderous crash early Saturday, Juan Nicolas Bernal stared up at the greasy black object pressing down on him inside his Bolingbrook apartment. Thinking the ceiling had...
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Suspect charged in Racine murder
Sandra Teichow was a "compulsive helper," her husband said, so he wasn't surprised when she proposed her latest humanitarian plan — to pass out $100 in quarters to disbelieving strangers...
Chicago teen Abraham Mendoza dies in fall from N.Y. waterfall
Abraham Mendoza tagged along when he and some friends went to a theater company in Chicago's West Town neighborhood four years ago. His friends were interested in writing and acting...
Bank robber kills himself in getaway cab
A bank robber shot and killed himself in a taxi Tuesday as police closed in as he tried to make a getaway on Chicago's Far North Side, authorities said. The...
Chicago firefighter falls from ladder, dies of injuries
Christopher Wheatley was doing what firefighters do — climbing a ladder, weighed down with gear, moving toward smoke instead of away — when he slipped and fell 35 feet to...
Train hits truck at dangerous railroad crossing on NW Side
It happened so fast, but Dave Butler recalled leaping from the driver's seat just before a commuter train struck his semitrailer truck Monday morning at a notoriously dangerous railroad crossing...
Storms rake Chicago area, again
Tornado sirens were activated as a band of severe storms passed through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, bringing reports of 80 mph winds, local flooding and widely scattered damage. Flooding...
Tornadoes rip through central Illinois
The storm sirens went off Saturday night as Janet Kresl sat in the living room of her house in Dwight, watching the news. The sirens often sounded with little consequence,...
3 small planes intercepted after violating Obama home restricted space
At least three single-engine airplanes violated a temporarily restricted flight area set up over the weekend for President Barack Obama's return to Chicago, according to the North American Aerospace Defense...
Long, messy divorce case preceded West Town murder-suicide
Even among divorce cases, the court battle to end Arturo and Natividad Bahena's rocky decades-old marriage was contentious for attorney Carmen Quinones. While the 12-year case was often bitter with...