Girl’s dad held in slayings
Update: A judge denied bond today for Jerry Hobbs after prosecutors described a videotaped interview in which he allegedly told investigators he stabbed to death his 8-year-old daughter her best...
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Krystal, Laura were almost inseparable
They were close friends, as close as 2nd graders can be, playing with Barbies, enjoying a Popsicle or riding double on Laura Hobbs' blue, pink and white bicycle. Laura, 8,...
2 missing girls are found slain
[Read an update of this story.] It started as a typical spring Sunday for two 2nd-grade girls: riding bikes, flying kites, swinging in a backyard hammock and, later, an adventure...
Police: Dead Zion girls were stabbed
It started as a typical spring Sunday for two 2nd-grade girls: riding bikes, flying kites, swinging in a backyard hammock and, later, an adventure in a wooded public park that...
Man sought hit, police say
Questioned by police for three days, a former boyfriend of a Glenview woman found slain along with her mother in her home Monday was charged Thursday with solicitation to commit...
Man tells girl’s burial site
A Lake County man accused of murdering a 3-year-old in California 35 years ago told police that he did not kill the girl but helped her mother bury the body...
Storm unleashes rare lake seiche
Like a child rocking back and forth in a bathtub, the squall that sped across northeastern Illinois on Friday forced a bulge of Lake Michigan water to slosh from shore...
Photo phones dial up concerns on privacy
Worried about a new breed of Peeping Toms who can transmit stealth pictures from locker rooms or other private places, more Chicago-area municipal officials are banning or limiting use of...
Folks weathering cold, cabin fever
Karen Stevens made it easy on a frigid Thursday for customers at her drive-through coffee stand in Grayslake: Regulars didn't even have to roll down a window to order their...
Cubdom left numb in end
To many fans watching the Cubs season crash to its disappointing conclusion Wednesday night, it seemed that the crooked hand of history had reached out to deflect the star-crossed team,...