Art Barnum

The Drew Peterson law, which offers new state guidelines on hearsay evidence, was invoked in DuPage County Court on Thursday when a judge agreed that prosecutors could use the statements...

Six days before Kathleen Savio's lifeless body was found in an empty bathtub in her Bolingbrook home, Drew Peterson's lawyer prepared papers telling his client he had been subpoenaed and...

A Hinsdale teenager robbed his neighborhood Dunkin' Donuts of $167 this week only to return a day later to give back the cash along with an apology, authorities said. But...

A Catholic priest who church officials said had a gambling problem was indicted Thursday in DuPage County on charges he stole more than $300,000 from St. Walter Parish in Roselle,...

The holiday spirit is alive at the DuPage County Courthouse, though not necessarily to the liking of State's Atty. Joseph Birkett. Birkett complained Tuesday to Judge George Bakalis that convicted...

The Glendale Heights man accused of murdering his two young sons by setting them on fire has offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison...

Chicago celebrated an expected legal victory Thursday allowing it to keep turning earth for an expanded O'Hare International Airport, but suburban opponents vowed to fight for what is left of...

The diocese of Joliet released a two-year progress report Thursday on protecting children, and Bishop J. Peter Sartain will distribute it in an unusually broad way, said diocese spokesman Doug...

A father and his two young sons suffered severe burns in what police are investigating as an arson in their Glendale Heights home, authorities said Monday. After the fire, Kaushik...

Two Addison teenagers were charged with murder Wednesday in what authorities say was the gang-related shooting of a 14-year-old boy in a strip mall parking lot. Matthew Cruz and Jhony...