Julie Irwin

The Englewood neighborhood, once Chicago's most murderous, marveled last winter as an interlude of peace settled over the community-66 days without a homicide. Residents and police credited the lull to...

Two employees of a Hoffman Estates teen center have been fired in the wake of an unauthorized, after-hours party at the site, while authorities said Thursday that they have privately...

Federal agents and local police seized more than $13 million in cocaine on the Northwest Tollway at the Des Plaines Oasis last week. Seven people were charged in connection with...

When Cathy Korinek and her family went to Colorado on vacation a few weeks ago, they asked a neighbor to pick up their newspaper and mail and they left on...

A 13-year-old girl, drugged and sexually assaulted as she lay unconscious. A 12-year-old left vomiting in another room as the attacker videotaped the assault. And later, a parent's frantic call...

Cliff Russell had a quarter and a problem. He was a nickel short of making a 30-cent call-an irritation that has confronted uncounted millions of pay phone customers since rates...

Stalking suspect Stephen Jozefow's petition for a bond reduction was refused in Cook County Circuit Court Thursday morning, said a spokeswoman for the state's attorney's office. Jozefow, 41, a substitute...

The Chain o' Lakes Fox River Waterway Management Agency has received emergency authorization from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Division of Water Resources to dredge the Fox-Petite...

A parenting course required for Cook County couples seeking to divorce makes its debut in the northwest suburbs this weekend. The course, called "Focus on Children," is designed to reduce...

Tinia Holder preyed on vulnerable people in the most desperate of situations: childless couples seeking babies to adopt, and adult adoptees hoping to find their biological families, according to federal...