Man kills self after slaying wife, boy
A man with a history of suicide attempts, who authorities said once left a note that threatened his children, fatally stabbed his wife of three months and 6-year-old stepson at...
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Coal plant plan stirs emotions in Elwood
A public hearing Thursday night on plans to build a coal-fired power plant on the former Joliet Arsenal in Elwood pitted opponents worried about its effect on air quality and...
Budget plan may put 3 new prisons on ice
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first budget, to be unveiled this week, will boost the state's minimum per-pupil public school spending guarantee and freeze plans for three new prisons, including one in...
Hometown hero gets final salute
An overflow crowd of friends and relatives shared their grief over Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre on Thursday with strangers who wanted to help bury one of the first American casualties...
Town turns out to pay its respects to Marine
Hundreds of mourners waited in line for an hour Wednesday evening to pay their respects to the family of Ryan Beaupre, 30, a Marine helicopter pilot who was among the...
Streator boy, 7, found dead in river
The body of a 7-year-old boy was found floating in the Vermilion River about 3 miles from his home Thursday morning, a day after he disappeared from in front of...
Town rallies around its fallen hero
Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, American flags have been whipping in the wind in St. Anne, a town outside Kankakee where nearly all 1,300 residents know each other. But on...
Ultralight fatality fueling rule push
Concerned about the accident rate of gyroplanes, helicopter-like craft such as the one that crashed New Year's Day killing a Joliet man, a national aviation recreation group has called for...
Chicago falls out of 1st in murders
Despite a slight drop in the number of homicides in 2002, Chicago's murder rate has again far outdistanced that of New York City and Los Angeles, the nation's two largest...
2nd child’s body pulled from river
A frantic search for two missing children came to a painful end Monday, when search crews on the Des Plaines River retrieved the body of 5-year-old Ashley Gleeson. A day...