Karen Brandon

Six years ago, even before her daughter's lifeless body was found in a shallow pond, Sandra Berndt of Ingleside believed she had found the murderer. On May 22, 1987, when...

Only 14, Silbina Villa lived disparate lives. One was in a suburban Lake County trailer community, where she worked a part-time job just to pay for the family dog's surgery...

No one cried Tuesday for North Chicago schools. In fact, some students of the beleaguered school system that acknowledged defeat Monday night cheered. Some students in predominantly white adjoining school...

In an attempt to preempt crime and reach out to a growing Hispanic population, Mundelein police plan to open a substation in a village apartment complex this spring, underscoring a...

Lorene C. Hartman, 74, a registered nurse and nursing instructor, died Friday of complications after a car accident in Wilmette. Mrs. Hartman was struck by a car late Friday afternoon...

A teachers strike continued into its second day Thursday at District 36 schools. Schools remained closed in the district, which serves 270 students from a 5-square-mile unincorporated section of northwest...

A teachers strike continued into its second day Thursday at District 36 schools. Schools remained closed in the district, which serves 270 students from a 5-square-mile unincorporated section of northwest...

It was two years ago this month that Duke Sienkowski picked up his 3-week-old daughter, Emily Ann, and shook her to death in the family`s Glen Ellyn home. And it...

The injuries that led to the death of 18-week-old Quincy King-Sanders were more severe than any injuries he would have received by being tossed into the air and being allowed...

Vince Hughes, estranged from girlfriend Vickie Pichotti for several months, planned on paying her a visit last Friday night to try and set things straight. On Monday, Pichotti was trying...