Flynn McRoberts

Investigators who join the task force trying to solve the Palatine massacre must first endure a ghastly initiation. Each is made to view a detailed videotape of the crime scene,...

Police investigating the Palatine restaurant massacre waited more than two days before contacting many potential witnesses and have yet to interview some residents and business owners within 100 yards of...

Investigators of the massacre at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine are examining whether a recent series of armed robberies at suburban stores and restaurants might reveal a clue...

It was dusk before they began removing the corpses from the chicken restaurant. The grim procession-seven body bags in all-confirmed the horror that had transpired inside, but it did little...

A banker offered a $5,000 reward Wednesday to help capture a man he called a ''serious pro'' who has bounced checks totaling about $60,000 at two dozen stores across the...

Holidays. They bring out the best-and worst-in people. Here`s just a sampling of crimes committed recently by people flush with the spirit of taking: Three thieves a-stealing: The inventory list...

An Elmhurst physician who owns 22 horses found neglected on a farm near Hampshire pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of cruelty to animals and unlawful disposal of animal carcasses. Under...

Holiday revelers, beware: The police department will have extra eyes looking out for drunken drivers this month. Starting Monday and continuing through Christmas Eve, a second two-person unit will be...

A 71-year-old woman was still recovering in the intensive-care unit of Holy Family Hospital on Wednesday, a day after the car she was driving plowed into a parked vehicle. Viola...

Car thieves, they were. Mechanics, they were not. A 1986 Pontiac Firebird was stolen from the Amoco service station at 1701 W. Algonquin Rd., earlier this week. But the offenders...