Marla Donato

A 14-year-old intensive-care patient died Thursday at Cook County Hospital after a fire started in his bed while a doctor and nurse treated him. The fire began about 4 p.m....

U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) in 1995 was the target of an Internal Revenue Service investigation in which the Justice Department ultimately decided not to pursue charges, spokesmen for the...

Another blistering summer day with no breeze and no sign of relief baked the Chicago area Thursday, overwhelming paramedics, buckling a section of North Lake Shore Drive, forcing cancellation of...

Some Chicago police sergeants who received word Thursday they had passed the first part of a promotional exam for the rank of lieutenant are expected to learn Friday they actually...

A beluga whale was born in the John G. Shedd Aquarium on Monday night, marking the first such birth there since the $41 million Oceanarium opened seven years ago as...

A Des Plaines woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when her vehicle crossed the median, crashed head-on into oncoming traffic and caused a three-car pileup, police said. Three other people suffered...

There's still time to put in a bid for an original Dick Tracy comic strip created by Dick Locher and Michael Killian. Silent auction bids are being accepted by the...

Monday is Veterans Day, and numerous commemorations are planned in the area, including: - McHenry County College plans its second annual veterans' recognition ceremony to begin at 9 a.m. in...

High winds Tuesday night ripped the roof off Bass Pro Shop on Illinois Highway 47 south of Woodstock in unincorporated McHenry County, as a heavy thunderstorm pelted the Chicago area,...

Although summer did not officially start until Wednesday, the hot, dry weather has taken its toll on Algonquin's water supply. Village officials announced Wednesday that outside water use is restricted...