The driver of a cement truck who died after crashing into a tree in Warrenville Friday afternoon has been identified as a 50-year-old man from Earlville, Illinois, authorities said. Jon Swanson was driving the commercial truck north on Winfield Road...

A former North Chicago police officer and his son who were found guilty in the death of the father's mistress were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Forty-two-year-old Devin Bickham Sr. and 23-year-old Devin Bickham Jr., both of Blue Island, were c...

Authorities say two teenagers have been arrested in Wisconsin in connection to the Chicago shooting death of a 28-year-old freelance photographer. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Sunday the juveniles were arrested in Racine, Wisconsin, last week o...

SHERIDAN, Ill. - Illinois State Police said Monday that they're processing evidence found during a large-scale ground search in northern Illinois connected to shootings that left a Dwight mother and daughter dead. More than 100 law enforcement and f...

A Lake County Forest Preserve ranger revived a baby who apparently had a seizure Saturday while at an event at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. Officer Logan Dreyer was on duty at the event when a 15-month-old boy stopped breathing an...

Chicago authorities say one man is dead and another wounded after a shooting outside a nightclub on the Near North Side. Police say officers on patrol heard gunshots around 4 a.m. Sunday. One man fled the scene, and officers failed to stop him. An ...

A 24-year-old Chicago man was shot to death Friday afternoon on the near east side of Aurora, authorities said. Police said Anthony J. Kostrzewa, whose last known address was on the 100 block of North Campbell Avenue, was standing with two other men...

• Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arlington Heights • Vandals damaged several sections of freshly paved sidewalk between 3 and 4:29 p.m. July 29 on the 1000 block of East Tho...