Steve Schmadeke

His drug-dealing roommate loved baking "marijuana pastries," a former Lake County prosecutor testified Wednesday, so when the roommate offered him some chemically enhanced batter, he couldn't refuse. But Aaron Isaacson,...

Divorce attorney Harry Smith may be able to testify that Drew Peterson's third wife confided to him that Peterson would kill her, a Will County judge ruled Wednesday, but only...

The family of an Ottawa, Ill., woman whose 2006 drowning in a toilet was ruled a homicide last year has filed a civil lawsuit against her husband, a local firefighter,...

The family and friends of three teens killed in a crash near Oswego spent Tuesday in mourning, gathering at the victims' homes to leave flowers, light a candle or gather...

Prosecutors worried that an exotic dancer won't show up to testify at the murder trial for Christopher Vaughn in August are asking a judge to issue a bond or warrant...

Prosecutors worried that an exotic dancer won't show up to testify at the murder trial for Christopher Vaughn in August are asking a judge to issue a bond or warrant...

The dispute began simply enough, with a neighbor's complaints about the plants behind a southwest suburban couple's backyard. Where the neighbor saw weeds, the two U.S. EPA employees who lived...

Prosecutors said Wednesday that they are preparing for two of Will County's biggest criminal trials in years to overlap this summer, with both Drew Peterson and Christopher Vaughn scheduled to...