Ray Quintanilla

It took less than 10 years for Richard Brzeczek to rise from patrolman to police superintendent--an accomplishment that spoke volumes about his political skills and organizational talents. In 1980, Mayor...

This Vermilion County community that Honda is scouting for a $400 million assembly plant would make Mayberry look like a metropolis. There's no local school, no gas station, no hospital....

As thick smoke billowed Wednesday from the burning home on Chicago's South Side, firefighters looking through the eye of a thermal imaging camera saw four young children lying slack in...

The white-hot spotlight of the American judicial system can be uncomfortable, with lawyers, judges and sometimes the media prying into difficult and embarrassing moments. But defendants aren't alone in the...

Those charged with reuniting families and locating missing children in the wake of Hurricane Katrina say it may take "months and months" to resolve the thousands of missing-person reports and...

A 17-month-old girl in the custody of Texas authorities has been separated from her mother for more than a week. No one has stepped forward to claim the child. Separations...

After flying thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees to shelters across the country, federal officials suspended their mercy flights Monday, saying they're no longer necessary. "The need for airlifting has been...

Gun sales across the South boomed after the first reports surfaced of armed looters roaming the streets of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. And images of shots...

Army Spec. Irving Medina didn't let just anybody mess with his little brother. His twin brother, Ivan--born just a few minutes later than Irving--said Medina would remind him jokingly, "If...