Ellen Jean Hirst

Four firefighters were injured fighting an extra-alarm blaze on the Far Northwest Side tonight.The four were hurt in a stairway collapse while fighting the fire in the 5700 block of...

The family of a Bridgeview man who died after undergoing surgery to repair a hernia is suing Advocate Christ Medical Center, a physician's assistant and a surgeon for what the...

Chicago's gay pride month, which has typically culminated with an action-packed 72 hours of Pride Fest and Pride Parade celebrations, will be divvied up differently this year.The parade and festival...

Joel Brodsky, an attorney who represented Drew Peterson before he withdrew from the legal team in October, has filed a libel lawsuit against attorney Steven Greenberg and Tribune Co., among...

A grandmother who worked as a nurse for drug addicts died with two of her friends when their Jeep hit a light pole and flipped over on the West Side,...