Rick Hepp

The Cubs lost to Milwaukee 14-8 this afternoon in a game that took 4 hours, 22 minutes -- tying the mark for the longest nine-inning game in Major League history....

Police in Hammond today plan to question the father of a 3-year-old boy who removed the man's handgun from a holster and shot himself in the head Sunday morning. The...

Federal authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who has been charged in the bombing death of a City Colleges janitor last...

After crews cleared roads of overnight snowfall, a second wave came blowing through the Chicago area Friday afternoon, doing its best to make a mess of the evening rush. Though...

With snow falling during much of today, workers returning home this evening will finally experience the beastly commute they had expected to make this morning. By early afternoon, Lake Villa...

Northwestern's Midlands wrestling tournament was the site of one incident of surreptitious videotaping of naked athletes that turned up on the Internet in 1997, and a sharp eyed weigh-in official...

State Sen. Steven Rauschenberger will be in San Diego on Friday to drum up support for a plan that helps e-commerce Web sites and mail-order businesses assess sales tax on...

Wilmette police today are investigating a possible murder-suicide involving a husband and wife. Muyung Hee Seo, 44, of Vernon Hills, was found shot to death in a home in the...

As prison and public health officials met today in Rosemont to discuss inmate healthcare, the federal government announced Illinois would get about $1 million to develop HIV prevention programs in...

As Taiwan digs out from a massive earthquake that struck the island nation early today, killing more than 1,700 people, Taiwanese immigrants in the Chicago area already are sending aid...