Tara Malone

A Wilmette man who police say shot his wife and her teenage son to death Monday before taking his own life had spent 15 years behind bars for the murder...

The death of a 10-year-old boy found hanging this week in an Evanston school bathroom demonstrates that even the youngest aren't immune from taking their lives, mental health experts said...

While area children prepare for the presidential inauguration with lessons in civics, history -- even oration -- 1st graders at Ivy Hall Elementary School in Buffalo Grove are learning the...

In many ways, it was a typical Wrigleyville game day. The sidewalks were crowded with excited fans who celebrated in neighborhood bars in the morning, then returned to them later...

Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan, who over seven years maintained a positive story line for the troubled district, will join longtime basketball buddy Barack Obama's Cabinet as secretary of...

Two teenagers lost their lives and three young siblings were seriously injured late Monday in a car wreck on an unlighted, winding country road notorious for attracting fast drivers. About...

It's a math problem worthy of the state's brightest students. Illinois grade school students have improved steadily on state exams in the five years since a federal law put pressure...

Passing rates plunged among Illinois' bilingual students this year after they were given the same exams as other students, and dozens of public schools have been deemed failing as a...

Big Daddy did it again. The Blanding's turtle, who passes most days swimming in a waterfall or sunning himself on rocks, has sired his second crop of baby turtles since...