Glenn Jeffers

Jose Rivera spent 14 years rising through the ranks to become a sergeant first class in the Army. But to his younger sister Carmen Rodriguez, Rivera will always be the...

A woman and her four children were seriously burned when a house exploded Thursday night in Hickory Hills, authorities said. The woman, twin 9-year-old boys, a 7-year-old girl and a...

Already soggy from two days of off-and-on rain, the Chicago area was drenched again Tuesday evening with reports of up to 1 1/2 inches of rain in some places, turning...

A man with a quick temper and a history of weapons arrests walked into the South Side auto parts warehouse from which he had been fired and gunned down six...

A Soldier Field security guard filed a lawsuit against former Bears linebacker Otis Wilson and the Bears organization Thursday, alleging Wilson shoved her against a wall during the final game...

A fire that broke out on the third rail of a Chicago Transit Authority subway early Friday forced about 30 passengers to flee through a darkened tunnel and sent eight...

The Chicago Police Department apologized Tuesday for issuing a community alert saying a suspect wanted for a series of sexual assaults in Wicker Park resembled the entertainer Ice Cube, prompting...

Robin Childress had other plans for the night of Roosevelt University's 12th annual benefit for its Chicago College of Performing Arts: Go home. Study for finals. Clean room. But those...

The 7th annual social by Real Estate Action Committee for City of Hope (REACH) at the House of Blues was less a traditional benefit and more an amalgam of "going-out"...

At least 11 people were killed and 34 others were injured early Sunday in Lincoln Park when a third-floor porch collapsed under the weight of dozens who had gathered for...