Carolyn Rusin

Police are investigating the cause of a fire that killed a Barrington man Friday morning and have not yet ruled out arson.Richard Sowa, 52, was found unconscious in the lower...

Amid accusations that Willow Creek Community Church promotes an anti-gay agenda, the Rev. Bill Hybels on Thursday tried to clear the air by clarifying the church's views on homosexuality. "We...

Adopted as an infant, Karen Mead says she has a special kinship with all the children she has encountered in Russian orphanages over the last decade — dozens of them....

It's called "horse bombing," in which mounts used in search and rescue missions are trained not to spook at gunshots, sirens, shouts and smoke. Sometimes even firecrackers are exploded. "You...

Becky Guido was driving her son to football practice at Barrington High School on Wednesday morning when she saw police cars gathered around the nearby railroad tracks. "My heart sunk,"...

Prosecutors charged a Lincolnwood couple Wednesday with illegally diverting nearly $2 million in utilities to their dog and cat food company through an elaborate scheme where workers performed highly dangerous...

Guadalupe Flores heard a loud explosion and ran out of his home in a Des Plaines mobile home park to find his neighbor's place engulfed in flames. "We couldn't open...