Ben Grove

Police were seeking suspects after two, crude, explosive devices were found Tuesday within 20 feet of Admiral Byrd Elementary School. Police diffused both devices. No one was injured. A school...

Two construction workers were injured Thursday shortly before 8:30 a.m. when the roof framing of a future White Hen Pantry collapsed, said Cary Police Chief Robert Levitt. Marvin Cairns, 54,...

Local police and the FBI on Thursday continued to search for two men in the armed hijacking of a United Parcel Service truck Monday night, and the authorities released several...

A day after Steinmetz High School lost its title of Illinois Academic Decathlon champion, the team's coach was forced out after admitting that he helped students cheat in the contest...

An elderly couple were badly burned early Wednesday morning when leaking natural gas exploded and ignited a blaze that raced through their house. Mary Kane, 66, and her husband Louis...

The notion has the ring of the Middle Ages but is aimed at some of the most contemporary ailments of the 20th Century: traffic, noise, drugs, gangs. A fence has...

Like the nearly flawless diamond, the nearly perfect jewel theft can fool the naked eye. And the theft of a $7,995, 1.5-carat diamond ring at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg on...

A former employee has been charged with arson in a Friday night fire in a Rolling Meadows bagel shop. Jose Solis, 19, of Milwaukee, was charged with aggravated arson after...

Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Troy) says his proposal to require Illinois casino-boat towns to share half their gambling-tax bounty is kind of like having to change "a diamond mine into a...

A 17-year-old Shaumburg High School student was beaten and robbed this week as he tried to back out of his driveway, police said. The victim was backing away from his...