Dan Hinkel

When he took over as Des Plaines police chief last week, William Kushner inherited a department with problems that don't have much to do with fighting crime. Rather, the former...

Prosecutors have charged a Highland Park teen with reckless homicide, alleging she huffed a cleaning product before driving onto a sidewalk and plowing into a family on Labor Day, killing...

I was 12 years old in September 1994 when the mailman swung down my street and delivered the Time magazine that introduced me to Robert "Yummy" Sandifer. I glanced at...

Witnesses estimated a man was driving 50 mph over the speed limit on a Chicago street before he hit a man selling newspapers, ran over him and then drove off,...

A Chicago woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after leaving her 21/2-month-old daughter alone in the bathtub, where she drowned, police said. Dorota Duda, 30, called 911 about 10...

Witnesses estimated a man was driving 50 mph over the speed limit on a Chicago street before he hit a man selling newspapers, ran over him as he lay on...