Brett McNeil

DuPage County sheriff's police Wednesday were searching for a man who exposed his underwear to a group of teenage girls this week in unincorporated Lisle. According to authorities, the man...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration said Sunday it supports the "concept" of having unpaid advisers to the governor publicly disclose their finances but stopped short of endorsing such a requirement for...

Tina Ball made sure her summers were mostly free--that was one of the reasons she chose to work as a highway construction flagger. The job was flexible and Ball, 36,...

The Englewood neighborhood returned to normal Sunday, one day after the fatal police shooting of a man sparked unrest among residents. Police said they killed Shurron Grant, 23, in the...

The artistic director of Chicago's Terrapin Theatre was found stabbed and strangled inside his Lincoln Park apartment, officials said. Brad Nelson Winters, 38, was found at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday by...

As more than 100 police officers hit the streets in the Harrison Police District on Tuesday evening, community leaders said they were hopeful but skeptical that the increase in patrols...

Metra officials stood by their service record on Monday after a lightning-strike fire at an electrical substation caused the second shutdown of Metra Electric service in less than a month....

The Chicago bus company involved in a deadly van crash near Kankakee over the weekend also was responsible for a nearly identical fatal accident less than five years ago that...

City officials are calling a series of violent thunderstorms that pummeled Chicago over the 4th of July weekend among the worst--at least for trees--in three decades. "From talking to our...

With five generations of her family gathered under a picnic canopy emblazoned with American flags and with her son Keith, a Marine master sergeant, back safe and sound from Iraq,...