Courtney Flynn

A cache of unregistered guns and assault rifles--some loaded--was found Thursday inside the home of Bears defensive tackle Terry "Tank" Johnson when Gurnee police raided his house while he was...

After transforming a former Navy base into an upscale housing and retail development and making plans to revitalize its downtown, Glenview has set its sights on sprucing up another part...

A 4-year-old Evanston boy died Wednesday afternoon after an early-morning shooting at his home. About 6:45 a.m., police got a call about a shooting at a two-story multi-unit building in...

When Mayor Richard M. Daley geared up for his 1995 re-election campaign, he was not dependent on the Democratic ward organizations that rallied city workers for the political machine of...

Police and child welfare officials admit to a series of missteps that left prosecutors with no choice recently but to drop charges against a group of men accused of sexually...

Christmas has a way of surrounding Rich Rosko year-round, so it wasn't surprising that even in the off-season he would welcome a magical gift: a tiny reindeer. For years, Rosko...

A Nation of Islam official who is on a state anti-discrimination panel said Tuesday it is "ridiculous" to criticize her for recent remarks by nation leader Louis Farrakhan that "were...

The two leading Republican candidates for lieutenant governor criticized each other's choice for governor and discussed the teaching of intelligent design in public schools during a wide-ranging debate Wednesday. Joe...

Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich promoted his plan for a college tuition tax-break Sunday, but he would not discuss a decision by the state's largest public employees union not to back...

Students from two Catholic high schools, who had scattered for the holidays, gathered in Lincolnwood Thursday near a patch of torn earth and splintered trees where two classmates had died...