Ben Grove

Police arrested a 15-year-old runaway on Saturday night just a few blocks from the city's municipal building parking lot, where he allegedly slashed tires on 22 vehicles, mostly city-owned cars...

In the end, Mel Reynolds was convicted by his own words. After hearing 18 days of contradictory testimony from the congressman, his accuser and a whole chorus of confusing voices,...

Police on Sunday were searching for the gunman in what they believe was a gang shooting early Sunday in which five people were injured. About 2:20 a.m., a man wielding...

In a move to more quickly clear out and destroy the menacing "elevator buildings" of Chicago's public housing, federal managers are pursuing a policy that would make it easier for...

A convicted murderer who is appealing his case got six months added to his 50-year prison sentence Thursday after he cursed at a judge in open court. Rudy Villareal, 21,...

A local man returned home from vacation to discover that police had just found a body on his kitchen floor. Ted Arvanitis arrived at his home in the 700 block...

Police were investigating a car-motorcycle accident that killed a Carpentersville man at Illinois Highways 62 and 59. James Glover, 53, was pronounced dead at Hoffman Estates Medical Center at 9:37...

Hundreds of people in the northwest corner of the village sweated through part of a steamy afternoon on Wednesday without air conditioning because of a power outage. According to Commonwealth...

A Mexican national, who was charged with killing a state trooper in a roadside accident, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court to five charges of reckless...