Naomi Nix

Medical transport pilot Andy Olesen had four more shifts to complete before retiring when a call came in to Rockford Memorial Hospital on Monday night that a patient more than...

They are being remembered as heroes but Andy Olesen, Karen Hollis and Jim Dillow were just doing their jobs, ones they loved despite the constant danger, their relatives said today.Olesen,...

Five years ago, Kevin Benoit's longtime hobby of racing cars in the American Iron Series was getting a bit expensive. Within one year, he had wrecked his Mustang in one...

Democratic state Senate President John Cullerton on Sunday continued his push for legislation that would give a special driver's license to illegal immigrants. Cullerton told congregants at a packed Spanish-language...

Still reeling from the death of a classmate in a shooting last week, students at ACE Tech Charter High School in Chicago hosted an art sale Tuesday to raise money...

A blaze ripped through a West Garfield Park home Sunday morning, killing a 75-year-old man who used a wheelchair, officials and relatives said. The fire erupted about 10:50 a.m. in...

About 100 people came to a cavernous South Side church Monday for a meeting of a Chicago Public Schools commission charged with gathering community input on school closings. The small...

A man died following a fire late this morning on the West Side, officials said. The fire erupted at 10:50 a.m. in the 4000 block of West Van Buren Street,...