Terry Wilson

At a time when juvenile crime is skyrocketing, a new wrinkle in the problem surfaced Thursday when it was disclosed that four boys-none older than 13-have been charged with raping...

A local man pleaded guilty Tuesday to cocaine possession in connection with a major investigation of suburban residents who sold drugs in Chicago's inner city communities. Steven Petros, 44, of...

There is no good place in Illinois to lock up an 11-year-old boy. When Juvenile Court Judge Thomas R. Sumner was confronted in July with a request to temporarily lock...

It's August in Chicago, and while Chicagoans are donning jackets to ward off unseasonably chilly temperatures, commuters may consider hardhats to deflect bricks and glass that has been falling off...

Outside the South African Consulate in Chicago Tuesday, a group of black South Africans sang the country's national anthem in celebration as voters trickled in to cast absentee ballots. In...

Floyd Hamilton fought back tears outside his home Thursday as he mourned a son who had been drawn to the rough company of a street gang and died, allegedly at...

In an apparent attempt to take advantage of harsher federal laws, the U.S. attorney's office Tuesday indicted West Side gang leader Willie Lloyd on a weapons-possession charge, less than a...

A North Side man was ordered held without bond Monday for allegedly using $3 worth of gasoline to set fire to his apartment building, killing seven people and leaving dozens...

A Cook County Circuit Court judge Friday ruled neo-Nazi Jonathan Haynes legally sane and fit to stand trial in connection with the slaying of a Wilmette plastic surgeon. Immediately after...

A Chicago naval petty officer featured in this month's Navy Recruiter magazine as a "positive role model" was to appear in Night Bond Court Thursday for his alleged role in...