Marla Donato

An 11-year-old Justice boy was reunited with his family Tuesday evening, nearly a week after he wandered away from home. Authorities had been frustrated in their efforts to find his...

A former Baptist youth minister faces charges stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct. Billy Wayne Prewitt Jr., 29, has been charged with criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual assault....

A woman was being held Monday in the Will County Adult Detention Center on a murder charge filed in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband on Friday. Bolingbrook...

Brenda Jackson-Jordan, 35, of Beverly, had an order of protection and three police officers when she went to her home to collect her things on Sept. 18. Her estranged husband,...

The father of three Crete children left alone in what police described as a "filthy house without heat" has been charged with child endangerment. A spokeswoman for the Will County...

The investigation into the electrocution of a 12-day-old boy in his hospital bassinet is focusing on the possibility that the cables of his heart monitor were plugged directly into an...

Ask not for whom "Pop Goes the Weasel" tolls, ice cream man. It tolls for thee. The ice cream truck, once the Pied Piper of every neighborhood, bewitching children with...

The fix-it lists of area municipalities just got shorter, under the new Illinois budget that makes the income tax surcharge permanent. For most communities, the change will result in less...

The fire was so hot that Oak Lawn Fire Lt. Chuck Ehrenhaft never expected to find anyone alive. He could barely see through his face mask Wednesday as he inched...

A fire at a Gary auto recycling company early Thursday forced the evacuation of a 20-square-block area in neighboring Hammond because of concerns over toxic fumes. A Gary fire department...