Steve Schmadeke

A Crete man has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for a drunk-driving crash at Balmoral Park that killed his girlfriend as she rode a horse. Angus Lake apologized...

An intelligence analyst for the FBI in Chicago who allegedly missed becoming a special agent by a single pushup has filed a gender-discrimination lawsuit alleging that the FBI's fitness test...

A three-year federal investigation into alleged police brutality in Harvey found no pattern of illegal behavior but did conclude the department's "grossly deficient" oversight "tacitly endorses heavy-handed uses of force."...

A Will County judge on Friday barred attorneys from referring to Christopher Vaughn's Druid beliefs at trial, but said some statements Vaughn posted to a Druid Listserv can be heard...

A Will County judge this morning barred attorneys from referring to quadruple-murder suspect Christopher Vaughn's Druid beliefs at trial, but said some statements Vaughn posted to a Druid listserv can...

A man authorities say was involved in the theft of 3 kilos of heroin from a Will County sheriff's evidence container died of heart disease with opiates in his system...

Attorneys for Christopher Vaughn are asking a judge to bar any mention of the Oswego man's Druid beliefs when he goes on trial this year on charges of killing his...

Attorneys for Christopher Vaughn are asking a judge to bar any mention of the Oswego man's Druid beliefs when he goes on trial this year for murdering his wife and...