Steve Schmadeke

Franco Avila's stepfather believed the teen when he said he didn't want to be in a gang anymore. But as the 17-year-old left their Albany Park home Tuesday afternoon, his...

With Pi Day coming up Saturday, just five weeks after Square Root Day -- not to mention a Feb. 14 holiday devoted to a quirk in the operating system Unix...

A Chicago man was ordered held without bail Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted two women and attempted to rape another at gunpoint during a four-day robbery spree last month....

Three placentas, at least one of them human, have been found washed up against a filter screen at a Downstate Urbana wastewater treatment plant in recent weeks, authorities say, and...

For the nearly eight years since her 4-year-old son was killed by gang crossfire as he played in his front yard, Barbara Singleton kept his photo on the dining room...

It's official! Illinois, or rather the Downstate Collinsville region, has long prided itself on being the nation's -- if not the galaxy's -- horseradish capital, but there wasn't much publicly...

A potentially explosive legal battle has been launched in federal court, with the Spanish firm that sells Pop Rocks candy filing suit against a Niles sweets maker for allegedly infringing...

Apple has given a wink and nod of approval to "Pay2Play" -- not the unsavory political practice but a game developed for the iPhone. The application by Juan "J" Rubio,...

When the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 10-foot-tall rat balloon that union workers used to protest outside a health club was protected speech under the 1st Amendment,...

Now that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich appears to have burned through his last few minutes of television fame, the national spotlight on Illinois political corruption may start to fade. But...