Terry Wilson

The symbols of office for a new judge traditionally have been a black robe, a gavel and his or her own courtroom. The robe can be purchased from E.R. Moore...

A Piedmont Airlines Boeing 737-200 lost one of its two engines during takeoff Friday morning but landed safely at O`Hare International Airport, leaving only a disrupted flight schedule in its...

When she was 12, the northwest suburban woman went to work at an area magic trick shop. A week or two later, she testified Wednesday, she quit when she found...

Glenview`s zoning board voted unanimously Monday night to recommend rejection of a plan to rezone a mobile home park for construction of a car dealership that would result in the...

A respiratory therapist who worked at a northwest suburban hospital pleaded innocent on Monday to a criminal sexual assault charge that authorities said stems from the molesting of a patient...

An ex-girlfriend wearing a wire helped investigators gather enough evidence to charge William Nally, of Elgin, with murder in the 16-month-old slaying of Carpentersville lawyer Timothy McNamee, sources familiar with...

An inmate in the maximum-security division of Cook County Jail was shot Thursday and the jail director said the prisoner may have accidentally wounded himself while assembling or playing with...

Police investigating the stabbing death of 57-year-old Joan Schanmier of Palatine said Wednesday they have several suspects and believe the woman knew her assailant. There were no signs of forced...

Cook County Sheriff James O`Grady on Monday fired three cadets and announced plans to begin dismissal procedures for two jail guards after the five became involved in a Cicero shooting,...

It was only the first of June and already one Chicago suburb had imposed a lawn sprinkling ban to conserve water. Such steps usually are not taken this early, but...