Jerry Crimmins

A man who was captured after accosting two women in a tavern parking lot turned out to be a convicted kidnapper and rapist, Cook County Sheriff's Police said Monday. Witnesses...

Five people became ill apparently from breathing noxious fumes in a factory Tuesday and were taken to a hospital, fire officials said. Fire Chief Steve Kite said the workers at...

A 52-year-old man was seriously burned Monday in an explosion in his garage that apparently blew him through a wall as he was working to repair a vehicle. The resulting...

A fire apparently caused by a space heater destroyed a home being remodeled at 2800 Dove St., early Thursday, according to fire officials. The damage to the newly purchased home...

Police said Thursday they were still seeking a teenager who drew a gun in the Blackhawk Recreation Center, 1685 W. Higgins Rd., during a quarrel over a basketball game and...

Roosevelt University has decided to move its booming northwest suburban campus from Arlington Heights to Schaumburg and hopes to choose a Schaumburg site within two weeks, university president Theodore Gross...

Police believe they have solved three more of the recent rash of supermarket holdups in the suburbs with the arrest of a 26-year old Arlington Heights man. John Kapadoukakis of...

The meat market section of the Jewel Food Store at 7900 Milwaukee Ave. was closed Monday and all the products, equipment and supplies were disposed of after a man apparently...

A Cook County Criminal Court judge ruled Monday that a Rolling Meadows man accused of a slaying in Denver in 1985 can be extradited to Colorado to face the charge....

A local man arrested this week for a murder in Denver eight years ago has decided to fight being extradited to Colorado, based on court action Thursday. Rogilio Ramirez, 32,...