Stephanie Banchero

An 18-month-old boy was killed and his mother was slightly injured Thursday night when they were caught in a spray of gunfire on the city's West Side. The boy, identified...

An off-duty Chicago police officer was fatally shot Thursday night as he tried to detain a man who had robbed him on a West Side street, department officials said. Gregory...

A Burnham police officer, hailed as a hero for killing a man who had kidnapped and threatened the life of a 4-year-old boy, made a tactical decision that saved the...

For seven years, Geneva Bell had dedicated her life to the Trinity United Church of Christ. A deacon in the South Side church, Bell spent 12 hours every Sunday attending...

Neil Armstrong Elementary School in Hoffman Estates was closed indefinitely Thursday after officials there cited health concerns about mildewing carpets. More than 750 pupils will be out of school Friday...

More than 200 people gathered at St. Joseph Seminary in Rogers Park Monday night to dedicate a shrine to the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. Under the direction of Archbishop Francis...

Ruth Soltys, 79, a homemaker and retired bakery clerk, died Friday at Lemont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Soltys grew up in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, where she...

Sadie Lucille Wilson, 63, a longtime Chicago schoolteacher, died Wednesday in Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn. A Chicago native, Mrs. Wilson worked for 37 years as a...

Two people were killed and two critically wounded--one a 5-year-old boy--in separate shootings on Chicago's South and West Sides Sunday. No arrests had been made as of late Sunday in...

While Mayor Richard Daley said Wednesday he supports the Park District's unannounced razing of the Lincoln Park Gun Club, a North Side alderman wants to amend a city ordinance to...