Barbara Sherlock

Prominently displayed in Lt. David Scott Welch's home is a worn, black leather firefighter helmet, the first one he was issued when he joined the Chicago Fire Department more than...

The war in Iraq hit the heartland again Tuesday as families anguished over a missing Marine and grieved over three more fatalities. One Marine from a reserve center in Peoria...

The colors red, white and blue abounded at a rally Sunday afternoon in Arlington Heights as speakers urged a crowd of about 500 to support U.S. troops, while more than...

The body of Nancie Walker, a Chicago businesswoman missing since Jan. 28, was found dismembered Wednesday on the Far South Side, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's...

Kmart Corp. said Tuesday that it is closing 326 stores and eliminating up to 37,000 workers nationwide in an aggressive move to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by April...

Naperville police are searching for two men who police said forced a local businessman at gunpoint Tuesday night to drive to his Aurora home, where they stole an undetermined amount...

In the first indictment of a local Catholic priest since Chicago-area dioceses surrendered internal documents to prosecutors this year, a former Joliet diocese priest was charged Thursday with aggravated criminal...

The public is invited to learn more about the ongoing probe of the private well contamination linked to the Ellsworth Industrial Park at an information session from 6:30 to 9...

People's Resource Center recently received a one-year, $20,000 grant for its computer literacy training and access program from Tellabs Foundation of Naperville. The Wheaton-based, not-for-profit center helps those in need...

By the time John and Sheri Scherer divorced last year after more than 13 years of marriage, their lives had moved in vastly different directions. She had moved up the...