Gerry Smith

Thousands of green-clad revelers lined downtown streets Saturday for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade as South Side residents adjusted to a more "family-friendly" atmosphere than previous years. Organizers cancelled...

Landlord Lawrence Myers had a plan, prosecutors say. He intended to burn down one of his Cicero apartment buildings, collect on the $250,000 insurance policy and move to West Virginia,...

About 36 hours after police received a 911 call from a woman in the closet of a Darien home where three people were being shot to death, the man authorities...

Jeffrey Kramer had a reputation for throwing parties in his garage for Chicago Bears games, helping out neighbors and being a thoughtful boss at the auto repair shop he bought...

Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has plowed through about $1 million in taxpayer dollars in the last two years for an office and staff in west suburban Yorkville, thanks...

Elijah Grays stood in the cold, clutching a box of photos of his children. He took out a photo of Elijah, his namesake, in a graduation gown, holding it close...

Faced with an $11 million deficit next year, Naperville recently sought help from a consulting firm, which suggested reducing or eliminating dozens of expenditures, including Take Your Child to Work...