Jo Napolitano

Melanie Beltran's life was brief and painful--and it ended Wednesday at her mother's hand, police said. "This was a short life in hell," said Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart. Over...

After driving the streets for a predawn look at the snow-blown roads, Harry Griffith made his final call early Tuesday: The Lake Forest public schools would stay open. Then this...

The Bears were losing and it wasn't the end of the world. Bears fans had a good season to look back on, good seasons to look forward to, good parties...

State and county authorities descended Wednesday afternoon on the troubled Harvey Police Department, searching for records and evidence related to dozens of unsolved murders and other violent crimes. Authorities suspect...

A member of the Gangster Disciples and a North Side mortgage broker ran a mortgage fraud scheme for at least two years that ripped off "unsophisticated" home buyers for hundreds...

Just off a plane from Mexico and headed to meet his young grandson for the first time, Guadalupe Gonzalez was riding on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Thursday when the...

The superintendent of Bremen High School District 228--recently criticized for making public an outlandish video spoof on new teachers--was suspended indefinitely with pay Tuesday night, the same day he said...

When Thomas Cook left the Riverdale police force three years ago for a job with Metra, he did so hoping the low-key patrolman's position would be less risky and put...

Worth is known as "The Friendly Village," but that cheerful vibe should not extend to alcohol-fueled happy feelings among on-duty police officers, some officials argue. Contract clauses that set blood-alcohol...

Sylvia Addams tried for years--in and out of the legal system--to deal with her abusive husband, but on Monday night he followed through on an oft-stated promise: If he couldn't...