A pair of siblings whose videotaped arrests in June led to accusations of excessive force against Wheeling police pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest. Christian Ruiz, 19, of the 700 block of North ...

Wade Heisler and Mike O'Keeffe have taken different paths to their current dream jobs of coaching Mid-Suburban League boys basketball teams. Heisler is the small-town kid from Warsaw, which is about five hours from Chicago and just north of Quincy a...

Holiday classic returns Goodman Theatre stages its 38th annual production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," starring Larry Yando in his eighth year as Ebenezer Scrooge. Henry Wishcamper directs the production, which features newcomer and...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - This week's events at the University of Missouri seemed to unfold rapidly, with little warning. But some students, faculty and alumni say the protests and sudden resignation of the president and chancellor are the culmination of...

You can legally buy marijuana in the suburbs now, as long as you have an approved medical condition, obtain a state-issued identification card, follow a list of registration procedures - and bring plenty of cash. Like illegal marijuana, the new lega...

FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) - Months before an Illinois police officer staged his suicide to make it seem like he died in the line of duty, subjecting his community to an expensive and fruitless manhunt, he apparently sought a hit man to kill a village admi...

Source: Probe turns to Gliniewicz's wife, son: Melodie Gliniewicz and D.J. Gliniewicz are now part of the criminal investigation that stems from what authorities have said was Fox Lake police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz's illegal use of funds taken o...

ATLANTA (AP) - The woman who allegedly impersonated a nurse and cared for Bobbi Kristina Brown at a hospice facility was accused of engaging in a similar charade to secure a nursing job in Washington more than two years ago. In October 2013, the Dis...