Mitch Smith

A foster mother is suing a north suburban group home operator, alleging that the Allendale Association negligently allowed one of its employees to sexually abuse her foster daughter for nearly...

Legislation signed Sunday by Gov. Pat Quinn bans Illinois police departments from assigning ticket quotas and evaluating officers based on how many citations they issue. Quinn, a Democrat, said the...

A moped rider is in a medically induced coma with spinal injuries and brain bleeding after a Logan Square man blew through a stop sign last week, struck the man...

Plainclothes officers spotted a man pulling up his shirt to show off a handgun in Humboldt Park on Saturday night and arrested him after he ran into a nearby building,...

Chicago officers responding to a call of shots fired on the Northwest Side early this morning noticed a man riding his bicycle the wrong way down the road, police said,...

After leading police on a chase that ended with an injury wreck, prosecutors said a south suburban man fled the scene and falsely reported that he'd been carjacked. Paris D....

An east-central Illinois man shot a pedestrian on Chicago's Northwest Side last week after driving past and flashing gang signs, prosecutors said Sunday. Joshua D. Perez, of Oakwood, faces a...