Art Barnum

In the first indictment of a local Catholic priest since Chicago-area dioceses surrendered internal documents to prosecutors this year, a former Joliet diocese priest was charged Thursday with aggravated criminal...

Frank and Marilynnette Barney pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that they beat a 15-year-old foster child in their care. The Lombard couple were arraigned Wednesday. They were arrested this...

A child-care worker faces misdemeanor criminal charges for failing to report that a mentally disabled 15-year-old boy whom she was assigned to help watch was allegedly being abused by his...

A West Chicago home remodeling contractor was sentenced to more than 28 years in prison Wednesday for having a sexual relationship with a girl that began when she was 11....

An Indiana man who tried to supplement his tree-trimming income by stealing expensive luxury cars has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for possession of a stolen Ferrari. Authorities...

Three separate incidents of DuPage-area senior citizens being subjected to apparent scam artists have caused Sheriff John Zaruba to issue a warning. The incidents that occurred Oct. 10 and 11...

A Lombard couple, accused of brutally beating their 15-year-old mentally disabled foster son, are facing criminal charges after a neighbor turned over videotape of the attack to police, DuPage County...

A Chicago man who broke into a home near Villa Park and pistol-whipped a female resident in an attempted burglary was sentenced Monday to 36 years in prison. Willen Wallace,...

A Chicago woman who worked as a bookkeeper for an Elmhurst advertising company was sentenced Tuesday to 8 years in prison for embezzling $180,000. Cassandra Galloway, 39, pilfered money from...

Bail was set Tuesday at $1.5 million for a Hanover Park man charged in a fatal stabbing during a street fight in Bensenville. Mario Daniel Castillo, 20, is accused in...