T. Shawn Taylor

Two guards who had worked at the Kankakee County Jail for only six weeks conspired with a third person to smuggle a gun to an inmate and help him escape,...

Disciplinary hearings for a former cardiologist who injected a dying patient with a drug that may have killed him concluded Thursday with the state's attorney's office recommending that the doctor's...

When former Olympia Fields cardiologist Dr. R. Lance Wilson injected a dying patient with a large drug dose, he wasn't sure that his action would achieve the goal of knocking...

In an ambitious regional partnership, the biggest housing authorities in Chicago and many of its suburbs have joined forces to open a new door for more than 1,000 families. The...

When vacant storefronts in economically withering business strips come back to life with new shops and customers, city officials and neighbors alike usually consider such development an improvement. But in...

Markham residents concerned about the health and well-being of their 67-year-old mayor, Evans Miller, can rest easy, according to sources close to the mayor. Contrary to rumors that had placed...

The fatal shooting of a Harvey man who died Monday after being shot in the back of the head during a police drug sweep has touched off a furor among...

The Cook County medical examiner's office has ruled that heat contributed to the death last week of a 53-year-old Burnham man who also suffered from a heart ailment. Burnham police...

A Flossmoor Catholic school recently made the national honor roll as one of 266 schools to be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for excellence in education. Infant Jesus...

A 26-year-old Chicago Heights woman was charged Monday in the hit-and-run driving death of a Harvey woman as she was crossing a street. Sandra Ramos of the 100 block of...