Oscar Avila

The lives of Chicago's Mexican immigrants, often stymied in routine ways by the lack of proper identification, became easier Wednesday when the City Council made it legal to accept consulate-issued...

An unprecedented campaign by the Social Security Administration to purge its files of faulty information is jeopardizing the jobs of thousands of illegal immigrants nationwide, industry officials and immigrant activists...

A Kane County jury took just two hours Tuesday, including a lunch break, to find a Rockford man not guilty in the slaying of his lifelong friend, Hampshire Police Sgt....

Underfunded but with plenty of political capital, state Rep. Jim Durkin on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, setting up a November showdown with well-funded Democratic incumbent...

Despite a perception that illegal immigrants struggle at society's fringes, a University of Illinois at Chicago study suggests that many have secured roles in the economic mainstream. The wide-ranging study,...

A Northern Illinois student from Robbins who collapsed and died during a football tryout had a "very enlarged heart for his size," the DeKalb County coroner said Saturday after conducting...

For Andrew DiOrio, it just wouldn't be Christmas without a dose of panic, flocks of rude people and lots of last-minute shopping. "I'm stressed to the hilt, but this is...

Laina Kjeldbjerg may be too young to know where Afghanistan is, but the Mundelein 2nd grader is old enough to understand she can help. So when asked if she would...

Attempting to return some normalcy to air travel and get passengers back on board planes, the Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its ban on curbside check-ins. FAA officials said Friday...