Jerry Shnay

A Markham man went on a shooting spree Thursday afternoon, seriously wounding the woman he had been staying with and injuring two of her children and a police officer who...

Officials from booming Du Page and Kane Counties fired a volley of criticism at a Chicago-area transportation blueprint Tuesday, a day after south suburban officials insisted lack of planning for...

The symbols of office for a new judge traditionally have been a black robe, a gavel and his or her own courtroom. The robe can be purchased from E.R. Moore...

Prosecutors said Wednesday that the rope wrapped around the neck of 7-year-old Jaclyn Dowaliby came from the family`s home and a judge ordered the girl`s parents held in jail without...

Nearly six months after a Joliet grain elevator explosion killed five workers, the grain company was fined $14,000 Thursday for what a federal agency called ''willful and serious'' violations of...

A judge`s ruling Monday will allow prosecutors to use children`s testimony taken with the aid of anatomically-correct dolls in their case against a day care center owner accused of molesting...

While George Bush and Michael Dukakis fight to determine the shape of the federal government on Nov. 8, some Du Page voters will get their chance to decide on the...

People who live along the Burlington Northern rail line west of Chicago now know what it`s like to live in a lighthouse when the fog rolls in and the foghorn...

It was a beautiful day in Chicago. It rained. It flooded. Wasn`t it wonderful? A steady Monday morning downpour soaked parched lawns and provided some breathing room, if not hope,...

Record-breaking temperatures throughout the Midwest already have become the hottest story of what promises to be a long, hot summer. The temperature at O`Hare International Airport hit 100 Thursday afternoon,...