Chicago police say an off-duty officer on his way home from work shot and killed a suspect while trying to stop a suspected break-in. Chicago police say the officer was in uniform early Monday when he saw a man trying to break into a home on the cit...

Two drive-by shootings within roughly an hour of each other Friday night critically injured two Aurora men, authorities said Saturday. A 33-year-old man sitting on a front porch with two other people on the 600 block of Hinman Street was shot in the...

The family of an Elk Grove Village man who drowned in the Chicago River has filed a wrongful-death suit against the owners of a gentleman's club the man visited before he died. Ryan McClelland, 30, accidentally drowned in early April after leaving ...

• Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arlington Heights • Vandals punctured the rear passenger's-side tire between midnight and 10 a.m. July 7 on a 2005 Pontiac Grand Am on the 6...

• Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arlington Heights • Burglars stole the radio faceplate between 11:20 p.m. July 20 and 7 a.m. July 21 out of an unlocked 1998 Honda Civic and...

• Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Des Plaines • Thieves stole a pressure washer and a metal warehouse ladder between noon and 2 p.m. July 16 from the east side of a business...