Darlene Gavron Stevens

As Eisenhower High School in Blue Island was being evacuated after a neighboring Clark Oil refinery released a black sooty fog last Friday, Murph's Hot Dog Stand across the street...

St. Joseph Medical Center is expected to assume responsibility for the estimated 100,000 medical records of the now-defunct Glenwood Medical Group by the end of the week. The medical center...

Despite assurances from the parents of murder suspect Steven Pfiel that their son poses no threat, residents are stepping up their protest of the family's impending move to the close-knit...

The calls were put on hold as they flooded in, the 10 phone lines blinking like an airport runway. Two dispatchers, eyes glued to computer screens, whipped through well-rehearsed questions...

Chicago-area residents hunkered down for what is expected to be one of the coldest days in history Tuesday-maybe even the coldest-but they found that preparing was as difficult as coping...

It isn't too often that a forest preserve fairway is pressed into duty as a runway. But luckily for pilot Michael Everhart of Lake Villa, his two passengers and a...

Reginald Williams, the 18-year-old Summit man charged with murder in the death of Susan Potempa, a cancer patient who allegedly hired him to kill her, pleaded not guilty Monday in...

A 16-year-old Posen youth who was hit by a freight train in Blue Island last week is listed in serious but stable condition after having his leg amputated. Jose Nunez...

Less than 24 hours after turning himself into the FBI, a bank robbery suspect appeared in U.S. District Court Wednesday, where he was ordered held without bond. Greg Gilbert, 29,...

Illinois State Police are looking for a man who reportedly tried to abduct a 28-year-old Chicago woman whose car was stranded on the shoulder of the Tri-State Tollway Monday. The...