David Young

A large fire gutted an employee`s house and temporarily threatened horses and antique carriages Tuesday night on the Barrington Hills estate of Richard Duchossois, owner of Arlington International Racecourse. Duchossois...

A proposal to study the quality of water in the Fox River was rejected Tuesday by the McHenry County Board despite pleas by supporters that it is needed as part...

Anthony Morizzo`s family has been in the funeral business in Chicago for 52 years. Over that span, they have been forced to move several times as the families they served...

A 57-year-old man killed in his home in McHenry County last Aug. 26 may have been the victim of torture in a slaying described as one of the most brutal...

Federal investigators said Thursday night that a preliminary examination of a cockpit recorder provided no clues as to what went wrong aboard a USAir jetliner that skidded off a runway...

The jilted teenager accused of killing her former boyfriend`s date by hitting the victim with her car last year was found guilty of murder Friday by a McHenry County Circuit...

The thing about boring a test hole in McHenry County clay is that it is, well, boring. So state geologist Robert Vaiden suppressed a yawn and manipulated a gooey sample...

A United Airlines pilot knelt on the floor of the cockpit of stricken Flight 232 and maneuvered the plane`s throttles to keep it aloft, federal investigators said Friday. The emergency...

Investigators Thursday were studying the possibility that metal shards may have broken loose from the rear engine of a United Airlines DC-10 and sliced through hydraulic control lines in the...

Despite the usually erratic weather, Larry Lane semiofficially opens the outdoor season about this time every year with his annual paddle down Nippersink Creek. It`s a chance to see what...