David Mendell

The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has ruled the death of Gregory Riley, the 31-year-old man who died Monday night after a struggle with Chicago police, a homicide. Riley, 31,...

Holding a red rose, a little something pretty to commemorate Mother's Day, Lisa Jones silently watched the proud parents and students of the Leo High School Class of 1999 as...

A police officer fired last month by the Orland Hills Police and Fire Commission has appealed his dismissal. Former Officer Tracy Corley was fired March 8 after the three-member commission...

Responding to the recent fatal crash of an Amtrak train in Bourbonnais, two Democratic senators Tuesday said they will introduce a bill this week to free up at least $50...

Federal authorities investigating last week's deadly collision between a train and a truck said Sunday that they are leaning toward a theory that the truck driver began to cross the...

On the third day of the probe into a deadly collision between an Amtrak Superliner and a truck, experts were trying to reconcile physical evidence found at the scene that...

The more than 200 passengers on Amtrak train No. 59 had mostly been strangers. They had been thinking about dinner plans for a New Orleans vacation, a sister's funeral in...

Two women from Lowell, Ind., were killed Tuesday night when the van in which they were riding collided with another van in unincorporated Crete Township, authorities said. Kathy McColley, 54,...

Joe Miller, former police chief of Orland Hills, will step into the chief's role in Palos Park March 1, officials said Thursday. The village's Police Chief Selection Committee chose Miller...

Gerardo Bernal, who is charged with killing his wife in a domestic dispute and dumping her body in a Lemont Township field in October, pleaded not guilty Wednesday. The Joliet...