Ben Grove

A man who locked himself in his home with a shotgun Monday night gave himself up to police after a six-hour standoff, Palatine police said Tuesday. The wife of John...

An 11-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured Friday afternoon when a car struck the boy, then careened full-speed into a school bus. The car was believed...

A nurse's aide accused of sexually assaulting an elderly patient in her room at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center was ordered held on $75,000 bond after a hearing in which his...

While many Chicagoans were clutching their ears and ducking in and out of the cold as quickly as possible Sunday, Suzie Volkert, 25, was out sweating in it. She was...

A woman who was rescued by firefighters Thursday from her burning home died Friday. Her husband is still in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Karen Folz,...

Harper College officials posted fliers on campus in response to a report that a student was raped Monday night at the college. Harper spokeswoman Patty Roberts said the mother of...

Police were investigating a Tuesday-morning accident in which a school bus carrying 7th- and 8th-grade pupils struck the back of a stopped pickup truck. Thirty-eight pupils from Canton Middle School...

Gary Buccilli is like a first-time father around Laidlaw Waste Systems' new baby: a $600,000 state-of-the-art recycling sorter. Buccilli, the Laidlaw facilities manager for northern Illinois, yells excitedly into a...

Monday was the last day in most of the northwest suburbs to file for upcoming municipal elections and for the most part the day passed quietly. The spicier issues may...

Since the age of 2, Rachel Barton and her violin have been almost inseparable. She has won international violin competitions, appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and...