Gary Marx

In another case that exposes the dangerous mix of violent and vulnerable residents in Illinois nursing homes, charges have been upgraded to first-degree murder against a psychotic felon accused of...

State authorities said Friday they are reviewing laws and policies to strengthen the disciplinary sanctions taken against nursing home administrators in cases of wrongdoing and patient harm. Despite continued serious...

A rail-thin man nicknamed "Lovebug," Herbert Bellmon has been arrested at least 120 times for alleged crimes including aggressive panhandling, shoplifting and battery, and has at least three felony cocaine...

A rail-thin man nicknamed "Lovebug," Herbert Bellmon has been arrested at least 120 times for alleged crimes including aggressive panhandling, shoplifting and battery, and has at least three felony cocaine...

She was a beautiful woman with broad cheekbones and an easy smile. But drug addiction dragged Maratta Walker into a life of prostitution and violence. By last year the 45-year-old...

She was a beautiful woman with broad cheekbones and an easy smile. But drug addiction dragged Maratta Walker into a life of prostitution and violence. By last year the 45-year-old...

Contrary to a nursing home's assurance that a registered sex offender presented no recent problems, a newly obtained government report and interviews show that the man allegedly groped a mentally...