Mom cries out after girl, 5, killed: ‘Mi nina, mi nina’
Robert Merz was sitting in his apartment in Highland Park when he heard a loud crash, then a woman screaming. Rushing outside Monday afternoon, he saw a woman lying next...
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17-year-old fatally shot in front of mom, brothers
Marla Stogner knew her 17-year-old son was dying as he lay bleeding on the floor of a laundromat in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Friday, moments after a gunman...
Small-town street, devastated by tornado, rises again
— Stacy Cottom sat on her new front porch last week, holding her pet Maltese and gazing out at Brady Street, the small cul-de-sac that bore the brunt of the...
All eyes on judge in Peterson case
It's been a long four weeks in Judge Edward Burmila's courtroom, where the veteran Will County judge has lost his temper with lawyers, considered three motions for mistrials and complained...
At trial, Drew Peterson’s defense is expected to start Monday
Assuming the Drew Peterson prosecution rests Monday and the judge refuses to dismiss the murder charge — two highly likely, but not guaranteed, scenarios in this legal circus — the...
Corner of Grant Park to be named for Maggie Daley
In the days after Maggie Daley died in November, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he was already talking with the Daley family about how to permanently honor the city's former first...
‘World-class park’ to honor Maggie Daley, ‘a world-class lady’
A nearly 20-acre park at the north end of Grant Park that is being redesigned and rebuilt will be named after Maggie Daley, Chicago's late first lady, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
‘World-class park’ to honor Maggie Daley, ‘a world-class lady’
A nearly 20-acre park at the north end of Grant Park that is being redesigned and rebuilt will be named after Maggie Daley, Chicago's late first lady, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
Witnesses: Everything normal in days before Oswego family killed
There were no obvious signs of trouble between Kimberly Vaughn and her husband, Christopher, in the days before she and their three children were shot to death in June 2007,...
Vaughn murder trial resumes after testimony from victim’s relatives
Christopher Vaughn's trial for the murders of his wife and three children resumes today after jurors heard sometimes tearful testimony from the wife's father and sister. There were no obvious...