Rachel Melcer

The Monee village letter was as blunt as a mallet: Tom Hires had 60 days to paint the east side of his house or risk fines, court action or both....

Sauk Village police and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are investigating the apparent accidental drowning of a 6-year-old boy who had only been placed in a foster...

At the Deaf Kids Fest on Sunday, kindergartners and preschoolers ran and played, had flowers and balloons painted on their cheeks and made new friends. All the usual kid stuff--except...

In seconds, Ed Landry saw his patio furniture fly off his patio, heard an explosion from above and saw wood tumbling down the steps of his Wheaton home. He ran...

Only a day after city aviation officials closed Meigs Field "indefinitely," in the wake of a fatal midair collision between two small planes near Hyde Park's beachfront, those same officials...

A 26-year-old man died Sunday from burns he suffered in a July 2 accident at his Matteson home. Travis Abbott had been working in the garage at 654 Cambridge Ave....

Clyde D. Howard, suspected of abducting his 6-year-old son last month from the boy's Plainfield home, was found sleeping on the balcony of a Nashville apartment Saturday morning. He was...

Despite the annual explosion of posters, crackdowns and public service announcements, more people were injured this year in fireworks accidents than in recent memory, according to one hospital spokesman. There...

Samuel Brendlinger's mother, Cynthia Brendlinger, said he always heeded her advice to be cautious on his motorcycle. "He loved his motorcycle and he was very careful. He always wore a...

The head of an Oak Forest-based special education association serving children in 12 south and southwest suburban public school districts was suspended last week without pay. The board of the...