Tom Rybarczyk

Nearly four years after Rev. James Radek received his first post as a parish pastor, he abruptly resigned as the spiritual leader of St. Joseph Church in Joliet. Radek cryptically...

For nearly a year, the Harvey Police Department's investigation into the murder of Willie Darling was going nowhere. Then on Wednesday, records and evidence related to dozens of unsolved murders...

State and county authorities descended Wednesday afternoon on the troubled Harvey Police Department, searching for records and evidence related to dozens of unsolved murders and other violent crimes. Authorities suspect...

Lake Michigan storms created turbulent waters that overturned at least seven sailboats Sunday. The bad weather struck about 11:30 a.m., Chicago police said, taking out seven of 10 boats competing...

Marcus Abston was sitting in his neighborhood park, hoping to spend a recent Friday afternoon posting his resume online and searching for jobs from his laptop. When two young men...

For eight years, Sabrina Harris said she has gotten word through the community grapevine about the two boys who were wrongly accused of killing her daughter Ryan. She said she...

A boy falsely accused in one of Chicago's most infamous murder cases faces charges eight years later in connection with a Calumet Park shooting that has left a man critically...

An Illinois state representative who sponsored the return of a controversial Scientology-linked exhibit to the Thompson Center this month says he supported the display because it offered "an alternative perspective...

When Brian Riley left his Plainfield home for work Wednesday morning, he had every reason to believe that his 15-year-old stepson, Cody Kowalski, was asleep in his room, catching a...

Chicago was hit with five slayings late Saturday and early Sunday, a sign that the traditionally higher homicide rates of the warmer months could be upon the city, police said....