Couple accused of defrauding Dolton
A former clerk for the police pension board in Dolton is being accused in a lawsuit of stealing $48,318 from the agency by submitting a false payment claim for work...
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2 killed as car plows into church
Two Chicago residents died early Friday when their car went out of control and slammed into the brick wall of a South Side church, authorities said. Imelda Brown, 56, of...
CTA derailment blamed on driver
A veteran CTA train motorman apparently disobeyed a red "stop" signal and overruled equipment that triggered the emergency brakes, resulting in a derailment Wednesday high above the ground, according to...
City denies O’Hare pest-infested
A day after WGN-Ch. 9 aired an investigative report about rodent infestation at O'Hare International Airport, city officials said the animals do not pose a public health risk to the...
Trustee back with Obama despite flap
Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez Sliwinski, who sparked a controversy by calling two children playing in an African-American neighbor's tree "monkeys," will remain a Democratic convention delegate backing U.S. Sen. Barack...
2 charged in attack at Spring Hill Mall
Two Carpentersville men have been charged with shooting a 19-year-old store employee in the parking lot of the Spring Hill Mall, police said Friday. Juan C. Garcia, 18, of the...
Client may have fired shots
A Rockford lawyer slain while clearing snow outside his home may have been gunned down by a man he had represented in a criminal case, authorities said Friday. Gregory H....
Longtime friendship ends in fatal snowmobile crash
TV news anchor Randy Salerno and his friend Scott Hirschey grew up less than two blocks apart in Crystal Lake. Always close, they coached a boys baseball team together last...
Elgin seeks help on illegal immigrants
Elgin will soon join Carpentersville and Waukegan in seeking federal help to deal with illegal immigrants, but city officials said they are not sure they want to participate in a...
2 teenagers killed, 2 injured in McHenry County crash
A car driven by a 17-year-old student from Algonquin slammed into a dump truck Friday then hit a utility pole, killing two passengers, including her brother, and injuring another youth,...