Julie Irwin

While Sikh worshipers were deep in prayer Sunday evening, the lifeless body of a 4-year-old boy was discovered with multiple stab wounds outside their temple in Palatine, police said. The...

Beggars can't be choosers, but burglars can be very selective about what they steal from their victims. After four apartments in a Schaumburg complex were burglarized this week, residents reported...

Three people were charged with mob action Tuesday after a local man was stabbed during a gang fight Monday night, then refused to identify his attacker. David Smith, 22, was...

In McHenry County, voters want the townships to stay. In Des Plaines, they want gambling to stay away-at least according to the early returns. And in Cook County, voters want...

With his 14-story fall to his death, 5-year-old Eric Morse has turned a shocked nation's attention again to Chicago as a place where children commit terrible acts of violence against...

With his 14-story fall to his death, 5-year-old Eric Morris has turned a shocked nation's attention again to Chicago as a place where children commit terrible acts of violence against...

It took years of sometimes-bitter negotiations and months of public testimony, but on Tuesday morning, officials of Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington finally got what they wanted: the right to...

The case of a suburban woman who may have been given a transfusion of HIV-tainted blood during a recent surgery is extremely rare, medical experts say, but it exposes a...

Arlington International Racecourse owner Richard Duchossois issued a statement Thursday illuminating his threats to shut the track down in the face of competition from an Elgin riverboat casino. Track officials...

The Weaver home in Upper St. Clair, Pa., normally abuzz on weekends with sounds of neighborhood children playing in the yard, stands silent now, its garage door shut and windows...