Jeff Long

A suspect in the slayings of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother was transferred to state custody Sunday for violating his parole after he stopped cooperating with police investigating...

A suspect in the slayings of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother was transferred to state custody Sunday for violating his parole after he stopped cooperating with police investigating...

Carey Williams tooled into the boathouse pavilion along Humboldt Boulevard on Sunday atop one of those late 19th Century bicycles, the kind with a giant wheel in front and a...

The two teenage cousins showed little emotion in separate court appearances as charges were read Thursday accusing them of beating a Kenosha woman to death with a baseball bat before...

After days of misery, flood-ravaged communities around Chicago and along the Indiana border were on the path to recovery Wednesday. In Des Plaines, where nearly 2,500 homes and buildings were...

Edward Bachner IV often escaped his workday world as a financial planner by closing his office door and delving into the fantasy realms of "Dungeons and Dragons." At home, he...

Some Chicago suburbs that have passed handgun bans in the past weren't sure if those laws could be jeopardized by Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Others didn't think it would...

At least eight people in Chicago and its suburbs were killed this weekend, some in what appeared to be accidents, but most in homicides involving guns. Among the dead were...

With 3.5 million people flocking to the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River every year, officials feel the heat whenever flooding forces them to close the popular waterway to boat...

In a Father's Day address heavy with personal and political meaning, Democrat Barack Obama told worshipers at a Chicago church on Sunday that government must do more to help families,...