Andrew Gottesman

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is again faced with a dead child and records showing the agency repeatedly had been in the youth's home responding to allegations...

Republican attempts to derail some of their local opposition quickly evaporated Thursday, as the county's Board of Election Commissioners dismissed GOP objections to three Democratic nominating petitions. As a result,...

Legislation that would allow the county to operate a military-style boot camp for youthful, non-violent criminal offenders finally advanced through the Illinois House on Wednesday. The bill, sponsored by Rep....

Garry Huff, the Glendale Heights man who shot his estranged wife repeatedly and burned her remains in a 55-gallon drum, was spared the death penalty Monday and sentenced to 80...

By 2000, business and leisure travelers bound for St. Louis from Chicago may be making the trip on passenger trains capable of speeds up to 125 miles an hour instead...

The township electoral board has decided to appeal last week's appellate court decision that voided last year's balloting for township supervisor and ordered a new election in November. The board...

Illinois legislators overwhelmingly gave final approval Friday to a hot-button legislative measure that would make public the names of juveniles convicted of crimes involving guns, gangs or felony drug violations....

The names of juveniles who commit crimes that involve gangs, guns or felony drug violations could be released to the public under a bill nearing approval in the General Assembly....

The cellular telephone industry reacted sharply Tuesday to Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris' statement that using a police scanner to eavesdrop on cellular or cordless telephone calls is legal under...

Shane Burke leaned heavily on a podium at the Wood Dale Public Library, struggling to convince a group of city elders that his new club for local youths isn't just...