Noreen Ahmed-Ullah

An Elgin High School girl who overcame barriers to play on the boys football team filed a class-action lawsuit with three other students in federal court Tuesday, alleging widespread disparities...

Freezing rain and sleet made for icy conditions early Monday on some Chicago-area streets and highways, forcing several schools to close and contributing to numerous minor accidents. The Illinois Department...

Investigators Sunday ruled out a tire blowout as a cause to last week's Interstate Highway 55 crash that killed 10 people, and the lone van survivor--critically injured but perhaps the...

Educators in the financially strapped Catholic schools of Chicago found great promise in President George W. Bush's education plan announced Tuesday with its proposal for tuition vouchers. Public school officials,...

A popular Maine East High School physical education teacher was charged Tuesday with engaging in sexual conduct with a 17-year-old female student at the school. Dean A. Quarino, 36, of...

Clarence Davis stood at Randolph and State Streets, his arms crossed for warmth, his brow defiantly furrowed. He had been there two hours, since the power at his coffee shop...

Expect continuing headaches along Roosevelt Road as the Illinois Department of Transportation plans to shut down eastbound and westbound ramps onto Illinois Highway 83 Friday. The Roosevelt Road ramps to...

Three winters of meager snows and measly rains around the Great Lakes have driven water levels to their lowest point in years, giving Lake Michigan extraordinarily wide beaches but comically...

After allegedly killing his last victim in an abandoned New City tire shop in June, murder suspect Andre Crawford--amid heightened police presence to solve the serial killings in the area--moved...