Mickey Ciokajlo

Investigators combed a tranquil block in Chicago's North Park neighborhood Thursday searching for clues in the slaying of a man whose throat was cut and a woman who was stabbed...

Barge traffic on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was delayed for the second day in a row Friday after a fuel oil leak of undetermined origin along a 10-...

About 170 clerks in Cook County's Bridgeview and Markham courthouses staged a half-day work stoppage Monday morning to protest what union leaders described as unfair labor practices involving a handful...

Showing that it intends to take seriously any potential threat to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport, the City of Chicago filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to have an Elk...

Two shareholder lawsuits were filed against Naperville-based Nicor Inc. Monday, following a plunge in the company's stock value in response to news of accounting irregularities and other concerns. In U.S....

In the latest case alleging criminal conduct by officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Department, two correctional officers were indicted Thursday on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of...

The Illinois Appellate Court on Tuesday revived a 2000 drunken driving charge against Orland Hills Public Works Director Michael Worley, reversing a trial court judge's order to quash the arrest...

Gov. George Ryan on Monday proposed legislation based on his commission's high-profile package of death penalty reforms, but lawmakers are expected to put off a vote until after the November...

A woman who claims she was coerced by hip-hop superstar R. Kelly into having an abortion filed a lawsuit Monday, the latest round of accusations to dog the Chicago singer...