Rachel Melcer

A three-truck accident and minor chemical spill delayed Orland Park drivers and Metra riders Thursday morning, but no one was injured, police said. A box truck from the pool supply...

Attorneys for two men accused of kidnapping Orland Park resident Nick Kritikos and holding him hostage for 10 days last month filed motions Monday to have their bonds reduced. Chris...

A woman whose body police discovered in a shed in Joliet early Sunday was killed by a single gunshot to the back of her head, according to Will County Coroner...

Easter brought in the funk Sunday for seniors at a Southwest Side restaurant. "And why not?" inquired a momentarily defensive Joseph Powell, while a blues and reggae band in the...

In the tony and tempered halls of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, students and staff are bent out of shape over having been erroneously ranked by U.S. News & World...

Cabrini-Green erupted in gunfire Tuesday evening after a Chicago Housing Authority police officer shot an unarmed resident. Police said the officer's weapon discharged during a struggle with a crowd that...

George Yanez, an eight-year veteran of American Airlines but a father for just six days, sat in the terminal at O'Hare International Airport on Thursday filling out unemployment forms. He...

Looking no worse for his self-inflicted night in jail, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. flashed a discreet thumbs up to his supporters and the press as he entered the Wentworth Area...

In 1994, the Archdiocese of Chicago tried to lock faithful parishioners out of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. This week, a priest welcomed them into the sanctuary they had...