Michael Higgins

Foreshadowing a high-stakes battle, two state senate candidates in the northwest suburbs have already amassed about $200,000 each in their campaign treasuries, according to disclosure statements filed Wednesday. With several...

Divers scoured the bottom of the Fox River in Carpentersville for 12 hours Tuesday but failed to find the gun used in the 1993 Brown's Chicken slayings. About two dozen...

The two women who held the secret of the Brown's Chicken massacre for nine years never spoke to each other about the crime, according to prosecutors. In fact, Anne Lockett...

The Better Government Association should apologize for accusing Palatine police of botching the investigation into the Brown's restaurant murders, a law enforcement activist said Monday, contending that investigators' caution may...

Stymied by state regulators and struggling to recoup its investment, Emerald Casino was sued Monday by contractors hired to build the gaming complex in Rosemont who say they are owed...

Democrats in the northwest suburbs say the number of voters who took Democratic ballots Tuesday is a sign that traditional Republican dominance may be on the wane. In the new...

Nearly 2 1/2 years after Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors began videotaping murder confessions, the unraveling of a murder case with a taped confession underscores why some lawmakers and...

Moments before her ex-husband was sentenced to 30 months' probation as the first "deadbeat dad" tried and convicted as a felon in Cook County, Linda Petrush pulled from her purse...