William Lee is a senior deputy metro editor and writer who has covered crime, politics, neighborhoods and pop culture. He is a graduate of Hyde Park Academy and Western Illinois University.
Meteorologists announced that the 1.92 inches of rain recorded at O'Hare surpassed the Jan. 8, 1935, rainfall record of 1.18 inches, making it the third-rainiest January day in history.
A line of rain showers that dumped a large amount of rain has led the National Weather Service to declare a flash flood warning and a flood advisory in the...
A 50-year-old motorist was killed Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving was fatally struck at an intersection on the city's South Side, according to Chicago police. The motorist was...
A man was found fatally stabbed inside a residence in the city's West Loop, according to Chicago police. The victim, 54, was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to his...
A contractor removing snow from a Naperville train station was killed when a freight train struck the snow-removal equipment that the man was operating, according to city officials.
An autopsy on Wednesday determined that a man who was found dead on the street beneath CTA Brown Line tracks had died as a result of falling from a moving...