Andrew L. Wang

At least one empty freight car being pulled by an Amtrak passenger train derailed Sunday afternoon near a town in southern DeKalb County, officials said. No one on the train...

When Deerfield High School suspended Paul E. Hamer Sr.'s eldest son in 1967 for having sideburns and wearing his hair over his ears, the attorney did what came naturally: He...

The FBI and two banks on Wednesday are expected to announce a new reward program to help battle the surge of Chicago-area bank robberies. The program, funded by Charter One...

A Chicago man fatally shot three neighbors fixing a car in a Humboldt Park garage last month after they didn't comply with his demands for money because they did not...

A Roman Catholic priest at a West Side church was charged Saturday with molesting two preteen boys at the church in several incidents since 2001, authorities said. Rev. Daniel J....

The first day of 2006 saw at least four gun-related homicides in the Chicago area, including one in Cicero in which a former Marine was gunned down at a bar...

As Chicago police recovered a set of bones found near railroad tracks on the Southwest Side Monday, friends and family of a missing man gathered nearby, certain their mystery had...

A South Side bank holdup. A car crash on Cottage Grove Avenue, with critical injuries. The stories kept coming into the New City News office Saturday night, and night editor...

Siblings Alonzo and Suzette Coleman spent Wednesday afternoon excitedly planning a huge gathering of their family on Christmas. They talked about what they were going to make: "turkey, dressing, pies,...

Federal officials investigating a fatal accident at a senior citizens' home under construction on the South Side said Tuesday it could take weeks to determine what caused a slab of...