Jerry Crimmins

Two signs along Milwaukee Avenue greet travelers entering Wheeling from the south. One declares the village limits, the other offers a welcome to the town's famous Restaurant Row. Traveling north,...

A Cook County deputy sheriff indicted in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe two basketball players at Arizona State University to shave points was stripped of his badge and...

Four Carpentersville youths who allegedly were found with two Molotov cocktails in their car were being held in McHenry County Jail on Tuesday night, Barrington Hills police said. The men...

Hanover Park police have issued a warrant for Mark Ballard, 37, in connection with the slaying of Patricia A. Noland, 45, who was found bludgeoned to death in a house...

Village President Jack Tatooles made public the results of the village's first police survey at a recent Village Board meeting. "In general, 92 percent of the respondents felt safe walking...

A gun dealer who owns R Guns, 140 N. Western Ave., Carpentersville, pleaded guilty in Kane County Circuit Court this week to impersonating a police officer, said Jerry Singer, a...

A concrete-crushing business that probably would be eliminated if Prospect Heights goes ahead with plans for a proposed 12,000-seat sports and entertainment arena filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court...

Wheeling's police chief for the last 15 years, Michael F. Haeger, 49, has surprised village officials by announcing that he is retiring effective Dec. 26. Village Manager Craig Anderson announced...

Mike Royko, a self-described "flat-above-a-tavern youth" who became one of the best-known names in American journalism, wrote with a piercing wit and rugged honesty that reflected Chicago in all its...