Jerry Thornton

A 56-year-old Riverdale man died Monday after he apparently collapsed of possible heart failure and fell into the Kankakee River. Robert L. DeMarche, of the 14000 block of Wallace Avenue...

A 14-year-old who was reported abducted after her father did not return her to her mother June 25 was found in the Chicago home of her grandmother, police said Tuesday....

A 47-year-old woman was killed Monday when her car crashed into a truck as she drove against traffic on Interstate Highway 57 near 171st Street in Oak Forest after leading...

An 18-year-old Dwight man drowned Tuesday while swimming in the Kankakee River near railroad tracks in Custer Park, police said. Timothy W. Haley and two companions, ages 14 and 19,...

Bond was set at $50,000 Thursday for a 24-year-old Worth man charged with felony home invasion after he allegedly broke into a woman's apartment and choked her when she tried...

Education-based pay increases and an incentive package were included in a three-year contract the Village Board approved this week with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, it...

Local government officials will have administrative meetings this summer in neighborhoods throughout the city. The meetings will include votes on proposed ordinances and other business, said Wanda Comein, city communications...

A 30-year-old Worth man was fatally shot after he left the store he worked at on Chicago's West Side, police said. Abdul Nassar, of the 10700 block of Plahm Court,...

The Will County Local Emergency Planning Committee held its annual meeting Wednesday to discuss stricter Environmental Protection Agency standards on the storage of toxic chemicals and risk management that will...

Mayor Richard Daley on Monday defended his call for 15 percent of Chicago Fire Department promotions to be based on merit rather than test scores, even though union officials have...