Ofelia Casillas

Police and child welfare officials admit to a series of missteps that left prosecutors with no choice recently but to drop charges against a group of men accused of sexually...

A 23-year-old man charged with killing his 2-year-old son in his Little Village neighborhood home was ordered held Thursday in lieu of $1 million bail. Henry Jones of the 2200...

Oh, Chicago, put away your scrunchies, cover your midriff and, for heaven's sake, abandon those low-fitting jeans. Your fashion-forward Mayor Richard Daley is trying to put Chicago on the fashion...

Voters go to the polls Tuesday to select a Republican nominee for governor while Democrats measure their support for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, all against the backdrop of a former governor...

Amid a flurry of TV and radio ads and mailboxes stuffed with fliers, the candidates for Tuesday's primary election entered a final, crucial phase this weekend: energizing a ground game...

Jim Oberweis and Bill Brady fought each other for the loyalty of conservative voters during a televised forum Thursday, seeking an edge against front-runner Judy Baar Topinka in the final...

As the campaigns for next week's primary elections enter their final phase, the contenders for governor are finding their rhetoric under increasing scrutiny from their rivals--and from the voters. From...

The two leading Republican candidates for lieutenant governor criticized each other's choice for governor and discussed the teaching of intelligent design in public schools during a wide-ranging debate Wednesday. Joe...

Words through a cell wall at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center interrupted the stillness of an otherwise quiet night. A staff member told the two boys who were...

Joshua Woods and his brothers were in the back seat of the family's new car, eating chicken strips on the way to their grandmother's house. While heavy snow swirled outside,...