Teresa Puente

Fire and insurance officials still are tallying the loss of a fire that destroyed the Elwood fire station and department over the weekend. Elwood Fire Chief Vince Buchenau spent Sunday...

An employee of the Public Works Department died Saturday while checking a clogged sewer line in a manhole, police said. Charles A. Confer, 55, entered a utility hole at Illinois...

A man who set off an explosion during a suicide attempt at his Oak Forest apartment complex died from his injuries this week. Since the Aug. 6 incident, Robert Wehr,...

Repairs to the overpass at Interstate Highway 55 and Renwick Road are completed for now, transportation officials said Tuesday. Renwick Road may have to be closed at a later date...

This time Chicago was ready. And Sunday was pick-your-metaphor hot: A kiln, a blast furnace and McDonald's coffee all came to mind. But the combination of scorching heat and oppressive...

An 11-month-old Joliet boy apparently suffocated under blankets while at the baby-sitter's house Wednesday, police said. The baby, Thomas L. Grady, was in a home with the baby-sitter and her...

A 17-year-old Chicago youth was charged with the murder of a Hazel Crest man over the weekend, police said. Forrest Woods of the 800 block of East 131st Street was...

A Bridgeview woman was killed and two children were injured in a watercraft accident in Cedar Lake, Ind., over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Vera Ortega, 40, somehow lost control...

After more than six months of controversy, Palos Hills officials shut down a teen dance at a local nightclub late Sunday. Since February, the operators of Night Waves, 11011 Southwest...

A veteran aerobatic pilot and his wife injured in a plane crash over the weekend remained hospitalized Monday. Judith Tomasino, 51, was upgraded to serious condition but remains in intensive...