Joseph Kirby

Negotiators for the village and its police department have selected an arbitrator to help them resolve differences in contract talks that have dragged on for 10 months, officials said. Joseph...

Village and law enforcement officials seeking clues in the Jan. 8 massacre of seven people in a fast-food restaurant have added a billboard advertising a $100,000 cash reward to their...

Christmas lights still decorate the Lombard home of Debra Babula's parents. The wreath still hangs from the door. Her gifts still sit beneath the tree. On Thursday, Babula finally had...

Kane County authorities have charged an Elgin woman with possessing more than four kilograms of marijuana, after she took delivery of an express mail package containing the illegal narcotic. Laura...

Since seven people were found slain in a chicken restaurant two weeks ago, Palatine residents, like the victims' grieving families, have been groping for some means to put the massacre...

For one brief moment Friday, police appeared to have the break they needed. But before afternoon turned to evening, five people picked up in a raid of a Schaumburg apartment...

Investigators who join the task force trying to solve the Palatine massacre must first endure a ghastly initiation. Each is made to view a detailed videotape of the crime scene,...

By their own actions in life, Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt taught their three daughters sympathy and strength. On Thursday, Joy, Dana and Jennifer Ehlenfeldt drew deeper on those lessons than...

During the 48 hours Palatine police held Martin Blake, they never called him a suspect in the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murders. For two days, Blake existed in an investigative...

Guadalupe Maldonado brought his family to the northwest suburbs from Mexico because, in his eyes, it was the land of opportunity. The chance for a better life for his children...