Jeff Long

A Lake County man accused of murdering a 3-year-old in California 35 years ago told police that he did not kill the girl but helped her mother bury the body...

A parent is suing an Algonquin day-care center for more than $30,000 over an incident in which a teacher pleaded guilty to hitting her son on the head with a...

Just a half-mile into DuPage County, a banner hanging at a gas station beckons: "Attention smokers. No $10 Cook County tax." But the sign wasn't needed to draw in Sergio...

A Crystal Lake mother pleaded not guilty Monday to three felonies stemming from the death of her disabled teenage son, and the case was transferred to another McHenry County judge....

A Cook County jury has awarded $19.2 million to the family of a McHenry County man killed in a 1999 crash near Union. Another McHenry County man injured in the...

In a case that underscores a national debate between truckers and railway operators about the safety of interchangeable transportation equipment, Chicago truck driver Vincente Zepeda pleaded not guilty Tuesday to...

Gary Gauger's federal lawsuit against McHenry County officials for wrongful prosecution has been undercut by an appeals court's ruling that he can only pursue a case for false arrest. Convicted...

A 19-year-old Island Lake man accused of injecting a friend with heroin and causing his death in May has been charged with drug-induced homicide, a law strengthened last year to...

Dozens of elephants, tigers and lions have roamed the grounds outside John Cuneo's McHenry County circus training facility for decades. For the last 10 years, allegations of animal abuse have...

Snow, that long-lost love, has returned. On Wednesday, many Chicago-area residents embraced it, while ignoring its flaws and inconveniences, from traffic and airline delays to the fact it did little...