Michael Kates

Chicago police released a sketch Friday of the suspected shooter in the Mother's Day slaying of a north suburban Park City girl visiting the Little Village neighborhood. The composite is...

A Glen Ellyn mother of three, missing for more than 24 hours, was found in Winfield Thursday in good health, police said. Glen Ellyn police Lt. Thomas Roman said no...

A South Side man being held without bond on attempted murder and sexual assault charges escaped Friday from Cook County Jail, authorities said. The entire complex went on lockdown Friday...

A 13-year-old girl was critically injured when she jumped across the path of a southbound Metra train and was struck Tuesday evening on the tracks between Waukegan and Zion, police...

A 14-year-old Schaumburg girl has been charged with plotting along with two friends to kill her father using a lethal injection of household chemicals, authorities said Monday. The alleged plot...

If a teacher tells a kid not to drink or take drugs, the kid might yawn, shrug or walk away. But when Bob Kohl of the Ride-n-Grind "Too-Rad Trick Team"...

The Du Page Water Commission will shut down the pipeline that brings Lake Michigan water to its 23 subscriber communities at 9 a.m. Friday to repair a leak, officials said...

A 15-year-old was ordered held on $1 million bond Wednesday night for allegedly beating to death his 7-week-old daughter. Dwayne Loyde of 5724 S. Lowe Ave., who was charged with...

The first morning rush-hour ''snowfall'' of the season turned many of Chicago`s fearless road warriors into helpless Floridians on Friday, skidding and sliding about, snarling traffic and forcing delays of...

Dantrell Davis, the 7-year-old killed by sniper fire on the way to school, will be buried in a white cap and tuxedo, vestments speaking of a softer life than Chicago`s...