Darlene Gavron Stevens

Sheriff's police on Sunday were investigating a weekend auto accident that killed a 37-year-old Lockport man. Eugene D. Paulsen was pronounced dead at 3:30 a.m. Saturday at Silver Cross Hospital...

Students from four Lake County high schools joined thousands of others in the Chicago area in getting an early dismissal Wednesday as school officials cleared out stiflingly-hot classrooms. Deerfield, Highland...

Saying that "desperate times call for desperate measures," the father of two young Lisle girls who were locked up after they refused to visit him as part of a custody...

Seven communities in Will and Kendall Counties are still reeling from last week's "rolling blackout" that left some 8,000 customers with on-again, off-again electric power for up to two days....

A former child-welfare agency secretary accused of embezzling nearly $12,000 intended for abused and neglected children has pleaded innocent to felony theft charges. Veronica Dingle, 27, of 11629 S. Harvard...

Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center and the Village of Dolton on Thursday ended a monthlong standoff over a controversial group home for abused and neglected boys by settling a federal...

Two boys who were moved into a group foster home last week despite residents' objections have been relocated pending the outcome of a federal lawsuit against the village, Aunt Martha's...

Unlike the hyperactive mobs that turn out for the Super Bowl or New Year's Eve in public squares, shopping crowds have their own sense of rhythm and pace. They walk...

The dust from Election Day's Illinois House cleaning was still settling Wednesday as southwest suburban voters woke up to a nearly exclusively Republican roster of representatives. Despite predictions that Democratic...

After weeks of planning and legal maneuvering, St. Joseph Medical Center on Tuesday began taking requests for the estimated 100,000 medical records formerly held by the bankrupt Glenwood Medical Group....