Jerry Shnay

Rabbi Gabriel Ben-Or spent most of Wednesday at his desk, polishing his first sermon for his new synagogue, while his wife Sema Bayla spent much of her time in the...

The Cook County board Tuesday rejected a controversial proposal to build a compost facility on about 40 acres of residential land in Rich Township near Matteson, paving the way for...

Tornadoes in Will and Kendall Counties Tuesday set into motion a massive relief effort fueled by emergency personnel, volunteers and equipment from municipalities as far as 50 miles away. Although...

Tornadoes in Will and Kendall Counties on Tuesday set into motion a massive relief effort fueled by emergency personnel, volunteers and equipment from municipalities as much as 50 miles away....

Moments before a tornado destroyed Plainfield High School Tuesday, 102 varsity and junior varsity members of the Plainfield Panthers football team were on the school`s athletic field, practicing for their...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday that it had found 14 sites of low-level radioactivity in a southwest suburban forest preserve, but said the readings were below allowable levels...

The dismembered body of a Lockport woman was found Monday after garbage workers picked up the trash from the curb outside her house and a severed leg fell from their...

Efforts to block construction of an incinerator in Robbins fell far short in the General Assembly in Springfield Thursday. After two measures to keep the $225 million plant from being...

The head of the Catholic Church in the Gary diocese on Thursday defended a priest charged with taking part in an illegal gambling operation and said federal prosecutors were using...

Despite approval by a state agency, a plan to tear down a controversial 6-foot-high earth-and-concrete wall that blocks a street leading from Gary to Hammond is running into trouble. Hammond...