Dave Wischnowsky

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...

Chicago Bears tickets in hand, Nick Jannotti said goodbye to his mom Friday afternoon, then hopped into his car, taking off from West Chicago with his girlfriend bound for Soldier...

The leafy North Shore, where trees are nearly sacred, is the latest part of suburban Chicago to be threatened by the emerald ash borer, a ravenous pest that already has...

With thousands of acres of forest preserves, a swath of Lake Michigan shore and an array of wetlands, Lake County is no stranger to interesting wildlife. But there aren't many...

Chicago beaches open for the summer Friday with covered garbage cans, barking dogs and other efforts aimed at reducing the number of swimming bans--including a new policy that will keep...

As an 8th grader roaming the halls at Bret Harte Elementary School in Hyde Park during the 1940s, Robert Friend campaigned for class president on the slogan: "Bob Friend is...

Quadrevion "Dre" Henning and Purvis Virginia Parker had spent most of Sunday morning playing outside, but they weren't ready to kick back and watch television. So, a few hours before...

Is Gary Slutkin America's greatest unsung hero"? The 55-year-old Chicago epidemiologist will find out at the fourth annual Volvo for life awards ceremony in New York City April 12, when...

Sana Gaddi was supposed to be safely at home. On Friday evening, the 19-year-old and her younger sister, Kiran (the name as published has been corrected here and in subsequent...

A neighborhood man who later told police he had been drinking breached security at Midway Airport, apparently walking off the street, through a checkpoint and onto the airfield, officials acknowledged...