Amy Nevala

An 11-year-old Lake Forest boy was killed Saturday afternoon when he was hit by a train as he and a friend tried to cross the tracks on their way to...

An enormous show of police force enveloped hundreds of demonstrators as they marched Thursday evening to protest free-trade talks taking place here, with more than 1,000 officers dressed in riot...

Four days after two men were dragged from their van and beaten to death after crashing into several women on the South Side, Cook County prosecutors filed first-degree murder charges...

After 23 hours and 31 minutes of swimming in Lake Michigan, an exhausted British man waded slowly ashore in Hammond, declaring the nearly 30-mile-long Chicago shoreline was a tougher swim...

A Bridgeview-based Islamic charity Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in Chicago to block the government's use of secret evidence against the group, which prosecutors suspect is linked to terrorism....

John A. Oremus, 88, known as "Mr. Bridgeview" by the residents he served for more than 40 years as the straight-talking mayor of the southwest suburb, died Thursday in his...

Roland Burris may have finished dead last Tuesday in the Democratic primary for governor, but at least he's used to it. A genial man with an aversion to French fries,...

Caleb Arron Dack Olivia and Carter Dack are talking about things that small children should not have to face. "Buildings fall down. That no nice," 2-year-old Carter will say. "Daddy...

William J. Erwin Freshly laundered baby clothes covered William and Eileen Erwin's couch Sept. 10, the night after they returned from their Cape Cod vacation with their infant son, Brendan....

Food pantries throughout the Chicago area are reporting big increases in the number of families seeking help, but officials fear donations might drop because of the economy and relief efforts...