Stephanie Banchero

Public officials have spent a decade debating whether the mosaic of natural and urban resources in the Calumet region should be designated a National Heritage Area. On Monday night, area...

As mourners across the Chicago area replay their favorite Harry Caray memories, Timothy Webb of Bolingbrook has something more tangible to grasp: a pair of the window-panelike glasses the sports...

Joliet police expect to complete an internal investigation next week into allegations one of its officers hit a vehicle with his unmarked police car and tried to cover up the...

Two weeks after a Will County jail guard was indicted under a new state law that makes it illegal to have sex with inmates, activists and law enforcement officials are...

The 14-year-old South Side girl may have felt, in some strange way, that the 3-week-old baby boy belonged to her. After all, she was the one who visited the infant...

This year's Democratic primary in the 7th Congressional District has not been the bruising battle it was two years ago when 10 candidates ran for the nomination. But several powerful...

Tinley Park trustees granted preliminary approval Tuesday night to licensing regulations for businesses such as strip clubs but postponed action on a proposed ordinance that would limit them to certain...

A 26-year-old Chicago woman was killed and a Chicago police officer was injured when their cars collided during a chase on the city's South Side late Wednesday, marking the second...

A Cook County jury on Wednesday found Chicago Police Officer Eric Holder innocent of assaulting two fellow officers, but guilty of resisting arrest in a case that had both racial...

Depending upon which witness testified Tuesday, Chicago Police Officer Eric Holder was either the victim of a brutal racial attack by fellow officers or an aggressor who provoked police and...