Henry Wood

One man died and two men became ill Thursday evening in the Dirksen Federal Building, 219 S. Dearborn St., after they apparently were overcome by fumes from a solvent being...

An elderly woman was killed and two people injured Friday when a police car going to a reported emergency was struck by a Cadillac at Pershing Road and King Drive,...

An inmate wanted for murder in California escaped from the Cook County Jail complex Friday evening by using a fake gun carved out of soap-a ruse reminiscent of John Dillinger`s...

Michael Scott, director of the Mayor`s Office of Special Events, was shot in the abdomen and critically wounded Thursday night while chasing two men who tried to break into his...

The school intercom came alive at 9:08 a.m., a time when most of the students at James Shields Elementary School were busy reading about history and great adventures. In gentle...

A drawbridge on the Calumet River fell on an ocean-going freighter Friday night, crushing part of the ship`s superstructure, trapping the ship underneath and blocking the river, witnesses and authorities...

Two ''train buffs'' were arrested Monday and charged with burglary and criminal damage to property after a short-lived joyride that ended when a 120- ton locomotive flipped over. Police said...

The frozen body of an 80-year-old Loop dentist who disappeared almost a month ago on the day of his retirement was discovered in a field on the western edge of...

A woman who fell into the path of a speeding Amtrak train and a man who tried to save her were killed Monday at a commuter rail station in Lake...