Emma Graves Fitzsimmons

A woman whose frozen remains were found in a Southwest Side field last week had been reported missing by her family in October, authorities said. Family members Wednesday identified the...

Oneida is part of the oral tradition of the Iroquoian people, who lived for centuries in New York before the Revolutionary War. It is closely related to the Mohawk and...

They were at home eating cake in honor of their missing son's 29th birthday Sunday when the telephone rang. It was an Oak Lawn police officer. A body had been...

Both directions of the Bishop Ford Freeway reopened Saturday morning, a day after the highway was shut down for hours when a dump truck slammed into an overpass at 115th...

Shortly before an Amtrak train carrying almost 200 people rear-ended a stopped freight train in Chicago on Friday, a dispatcher ordered the passenger liner to slow down, prepare to switch...

Drew Peterson's lawyer said Thursday his client received a letter saying his missing wife was seen recently in Peoria, but Stacy Peterson's friends and family are not taking the claim...

A Harvey police officer fatally shot a teenage boy in the back after the teen allegedly pointed a gun at him, authorities said Thursday. Roque Dominguez, 17, of the 15500...

Citing bulging health-care costs, soaring pension payments and an aging mass-transit system, officials at nearly every level of government have proposed raising taxes and fees. In Cook County, where board...

After weeks of worsening revelations about the Chicago Police Department's elite Special Operations Section, a beleaguered interim superintendent finally pulled the plug Tuesday, disbanding the scandal-plagued unit and sending most...

Although $30 might have been enough to get into the Cubs-Diamondbacks series in Arizona this week, prices for first-round playoff games here in the land of championship-starved fans continued to...