John Fountain

The candidates for the Democratic Party`s presidential nomination debated for an hour Friday night, thrusting at each other on small points, but firing most of their strongest shots at President...

Four-year-old Illini Duncan Renda stared aimlessly with big brown eyes Thursday, eating an afternoon snack while dozens of strangers tickled and tugged at her teat. A star of the University...

A dispute over stolen property turned into tragedy Thursday afternoon when a Hoffman Estates police officer shot and killed a man who authorities say was threatening another man with a...

Only the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, could clear the streets faster. During the running of the Bulls Wednesday night in Los Angeles, emergency calls to police will...

An Arlington Heights teenager found shot on the South Side of Chicago was allegedly set up by another youth who accompanied the victim to buy marijuana, police said Wednesday. Shawn...

Two men being chased by police seriously wounded a Round Lake Beach police sergeant Tuesday afternoon and then fled into a woods near Kildeer, where they eventually were pursued by...

Suburban voters were in an anti-tax mood Tuesday as they approved a referendum proposal to cut the Evanston City Council in half and rejected school tax hikes, including one in...

Five-year-old Ashley Smith was thankful for the corn and mashed potatoes at the Eleventh Frame Restaurant`s first free Thanksgiving dinner. But her mother Nancy knows what the family is truly...

Two quick-thinking women turned the tables on three would-be robbers who invaded a Berwyn home at gunpoint Monday afternoon seeking guns, money and valuables, authorities said. The men terrorized the...

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....