Renato V. Velasquez had slept for only 3½ hours during a 37½-hour shift when his truck rammed into a stopped squad car Monday night, triggering a chain-reaction accident that killed a tollway worker and seriously injured a state trooper, authorities...

Trooper in I-88 crash to recover; truck driver charged Renato V. Velasquez, 46, of Hanover Park will appear in bond court this morning now that he is facing felony charges in the fiery crash on I-88 that killed a tollway worker from Wheeling an...

Vincent Petrella, the tollway worker from Wheeling killed Monday night while helping a stranded driver, was a hero, Gov. Pat Quinn said. But to a friend who grew up with Petrella in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood on the Near West Side, he was ...

A state trooper is expected to recover from injuries he suffered Monday night during a fiery crash along Interstate 88 that killed a tollway worker from Wheeling. And the driver of the semitrailer truck that hit his squad car is now facing a series ...

While the spotlight will be on President Barack Obama during the State of the Union address today, several suburban federal lawmakers have invited guests reflecting their priorities on immigration, health care and other issues. U.S. Rep. Brad Schnei...

Tollway worker killed, trooper injured in crash A tollway worker died and an Illinois State trooper was injured last night when a semi slammed into their vehicles on Interstate 88 as they assisted another semi disabled in the eastbound lanes ne...

Randal Swiggum, conductor of the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, was taken aback by the news that he is being inducted to the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame. For one thing, he isn’t from, and doesn’t live in, Illinois, let alone the Fox Valley. He’s s...

In a compelling example of why we should listen to our parents, Neal Ormond was encouraged by his father to take up speech and debate in addition to athletics. The advice has paid off in a broadcasting career that since 1964 has seen Ormond call mo...

Leaders in education, charity, business and community gathered Monday morning at Benedictine University in Lisle for a tradition 19 years in the making, honoring the words, actions and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The annual breakfast’s key...