The bodies of three elderly siblings thought to have been dead "for some time" were discovered Friday in a home where a fourth sibling also lived in a quiet Evanston...
Republican congressional candidate Steve Greenberg criticized President George W. Bush and the previous GOP-controlled Congress on government spending Wed- nesday in trying to portray himself as an outsider challenging two-term...
Wilmette may be the first, but it's unlikely to be the last Chicago suburb to repeal its handgun ban in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision last...
Anyone standing along the Chain O' Lakes waterway Monday could see summer passing by -- or at least, the building blocks of a summer afternoon: picnic tables, patio chairs and...
With an estimated 100 homes already damaged by floodwaters along the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes near Antioch -- and more flooding forecast for early next week -- officials...
Over the objection of some residents, Kenilworth's Village Board voted 4-1 Tuesday night to ask that the entire town be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. More than...
Federal agents and Illinois State Police raided the multimillion-dollar Lake Forest home of a commodities trader Thursday morning to seize at least 85 illegal guns, law enforcement sources said. The...
Presented with an offer too good to refuse, the Chicago team bidding for the 2016 Olympics announced Friday that Tempel Farms, one of the Midwest's premiere equestrian facilities, is the...
Losing their Marine son to random violence is a heartbreak the parents of Lance Cpl. Ricky Martinez Jr. will have forever, but the couple said Saturday that meeting the Rockford...
Clutching a Minnie Mouse hat with large, plastic ears, 7-year-old Abby Buchholz slumped Friday in a chair at O'Hare International Airport, "depressed," as she put it. Only the Mickey Mouse...