Joseph Kirby

Two Commonwealth Edison Co. electric transformers malfunctioned Thursday morning and ignited two separate fires, one of which damaged a nearby apartment building and forced the evacuation of at least 16...

An Elgin man remained in jail Monday after he allegedly violated an order of protection against his ex-wife for a second time in five days, then led authorities on a...

Authorities have charged a 16-year-old alleged gang member in the shooting last week of two teenagers who were playing basketball in a driveway, police said. The youth, who police would...

To all those disheartened by the number of cases involving adults inflicting pain and death against innocent children, please take note: The stories of Rachel Jagla and Khail Coran have...

Even in the numbing violence of today's world, some crimes still shock the conscience. The outburst that left Peter and Diana Robles dead, their throats slashed and bodies stabbed, is...

Police Thursday arrested a village resident minutes after he allegedly robbed a currency exchange, when a patrol officer noticed that the man's car fit the description of a vehicle used...

Authorities were seeking a man who robbed a bank at gunpoint Tuesday evening, taking an undetermined amount of money, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI spokesman Bob Long...

A man injured in a Feb. 25 apartment fire died Wednesday from injuries sustained in the blaze, authorities said. Jason Evans, 43, of 27 N. Dryden Ave., died in Loyola...

An Arlington Heights man accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl left in the care of his wife was arrested Tuesday morning, authorities said. Suresh Shah, 44, of 616 W....

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office and the Arlington Heights Police Department Thursday said the deaths of a married couple found in their village apartment this week a murder-suicide. Authorities,...