Ray Quintanilla

Convicted serial killer Ray Lee Stewart was put to death early Wednesday in Joliet, 15 years after admitting he murdered six people in the Rockford and Beloit, Wis., area. Stewart,...

On a clipboard on a card table held together with tape, set on the grass behind the basketball courts at Wicker Park, civil disobedience and political protest begin. Here, the...

Growing up in the quiet Northwest Side neighborhood, Maurizio Inzerra always heard rumors about a dead man buried in the backyard of Cora and Robert Robbins' home along the 3300...

The last thing Renee Roman did before she left her Wonder Lake home to watch the boat races on the Chain o' Lakes Thursday night was to plant a goodnight...

Sandwiched between the prohibitions against littering and swimming alone, a new no-no is posted on the signs at most Illinois beaches. It reads: "All infants shall wear tight-fitting rubber or...

The Crystal Lake Fire Department continued its investigation into a weekend fire that destroyed a home in Crystal Lake Sunday night. Fire Department Chief Richard Nebel said the occupants of...

In a special meeting of the McHenry County Board, members approved spending $1.8 million over the next three years to improve employee productivity and accountability by fully automating the county's...

During the heat of Tuesday's primary, some residents in tiny Prairie Grove were left wondering whether an election eve police raid on the municipal garage, and the launching of a...

Voters of McHenry County, your time has come. The political media ads have ceased, commuter platforms are once again candidate-free and office-seekers have buttoned their lips--at least until the next...

In a chilling case for parents in this computer age, a Florida man has been charged with kidnapping a 13-year-old Mt. Prospect boy after befriending him on the Internet, federal...