Jerry Crimmins

A prominent North Shore and Chicago plastic surgeon was shot to death Friday afternoon in his Wilmette office by a man who drove away in a fading Volkswagen Beetle, officials...

Earl Martin, 67, a resident of the flood-plagued Jeffery Manor neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side, finally finished draining 5 feet of water from his house Tuesday afternoon. He had...

Four men found by Lansing police in a van with $5.5 million have told authorities they were very surprised about the money, it was not theirs, and "They came to...

An 11-year-old girl was struck by a hit-and-run motorist and seriously injured Wednesday night while crossing a street near a park on the West Side. A driver who saw the...

A storm-related power outage knocked out the lights to two runways at O'Hare International Airport for nearly three hours Thursday night, causing cancellation of dozens of flights, according to the...

A 59-year-old woman jogging along the lakefront in Grant Park was attacked by an assailant who slashed her throat and stabbed her five times Thursday evening, police reported. The woman...

The western half of the upper-level Michigan Avenue bridge will be reopened to two-way traffic by 9 a.m. Saturday, along with the closed portion of Wacker Drive near the bridge,...

Four people were found bound, gagged and executed by gunshots to the back of the head Tuesday evening in what police described as a ''drug house'' on the West Side....

The body of an elderly woman was found Wednesday in a bean field in southern Illinois, and authorities were awaiting dental records to determine if it was that of a...

A student nurse crawled into an upside down, burning auto in Arlington Heights on Tuesday and rescued a 17-year-old motorist. The passenger who was in that car was killed, and...