Jerry Crimmins

A Wednesday morning blaze fanned by a brisk northeast wind destroyed up to 32 townhouse units under construction just north of the Golf Glen shopping center. The blaze, about two...

Five new suspects were identified in the investigation of guns circulating among Wheeling High School students, police said Monday, bringing the total number of suspects to 13. Three new suspects...

A fire caused $75,000 to $100,000 damage Thursday morning to Michael's Hair Affair, 135 W. Dundee Rd., the Fire Department said. The fire started when the owner accidentally knocked over...

Apparently driven by the salt craving that is gripping municipalities and private plowing firms, thieves stole 30 tons of rock salt this week from a parking lot at 580 S....

Law enforcement officials from Waukegan to East St. Louis are assailing what they say is a budget proposal by the Clinton administration that would eliminate almost $15 million in funding...

In the understated vocabulary of those whose job it is to study the weather, the snow that swept the Chicago area Friday was a "precipitation event." For those trying to...

The director of the Rolling Meadows Park District Ice Arena, who had been missing since Feb. 2, was found Wednesday by a highway patrol officer who stopped him for speeding...

Out-of-state traffic accidents in which semi-trailers and tractors collided with autos killed two northwest suburban residents over the weekend. Killed in the unrelated accidents were Virginia Zito, 79, of Mt....

Police in Palatine and Rolling Meadows are investigating the disappearance of Matthew J. Cipriani, director of the Rolling Meadows Park District ice arena, who has been missing since Feb. 2....

The Village Board has voted 6-0 with one abstention to reverse itself and repeal an ordinance that had required the town's two assistant police chiefs to live in town. Police...