Jo Napolitano

As new immigrants bypass Chicago for suburban jobs and more affordable housing, the number of Hispanic residents in Will County has nearly doubled since 2000, according to new census estimates....

Eleanor Henry's day had been hard enough, even before a power outage sucked the life from her air conditioner Wednesday afternoon. After enduring a morning colonoscopy at a local hospital,...

A Naperville man lost his wife, two young sons and his mother-in-law in a five-vehicle crash on the Indiana Toll Road in Bristol so violent that three vehicles burst into...

81 degrees. 6:47 a.m. Elmhurst. The sun had been up only an hour when Joe Yeager finished tending his tomatoes and squash. He loaded gardening tools and a water container...

Three brothers--two from Burbank and one from Florida--were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding Illinois of millions of dollars in taxes on sales of tobacco products, authorities said. Omar Dahla, 41,...

President Bush's plan to triple the number of advanced high school math and science teachers comes as educators nationwide worry that the rapid growth of the Advanced Placement program is...

A 6-year-old girl was found lying dead next to her unconscious mother Thursday afternoon in their Dolton home, police said. There were no obvious signs of trauma on Patrice Garner,...

A Joliet man has been charged with beating and strangling an 18-month-old boy who was left in his care on Halloween, authorities said Wednesday. Dymarion Porter, 25, of the 200...

Bolingbrook officials are prepared for a crush of traffic Wednesday as shoppers across the area--and from points beyond--are expected to descend on the second Ikea store to open in the...

They arm themselves with hammers and papier-mache, spatulas and meat thermometers, water balloons and cans of beer. Most have been doing this for as long as they can remember, some...