Grayslake Central High School students received in-depth education about distracted driving dangers as part of a special program that made its first local stop there Wednesday. Instead of participating in physical education classes, the students rot...

Autopsy planned for girl found dead in Mundelein home An autopsy will be performed today on a young girl who was found dead in her Mundelein bedroom Tuesday morning. Authorities have charged a 14-year-old with the death of the 11-year-old. Full...

Police seek two men in Bensenville shooting death Bensenville police continue to hunt for two men who killed a clerk as he left a Bensenville tobacco shop Sunday evening. Hussein Saghir, of Chicago, was shot and killed outside Sam’s Tobacco and...

Thomas Armstrong woke up late that hot Mississippi morning. Having missed the bus from his home in a small farming community to his high school five miles away in Prentiss, he hitched a car ride into town and got dropped off in front of Dairy King, ...

Aurora cops still investigating two unrelated shooting deaths Aurora police continue to investigate a pair of unrelated homicides that took place within an hour of each other Monday on the city's west side. In the first case, police are searchi...

The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board Monday night voted to rename Sheridan Elementary School in Elgin in honor of the late Ronald O'Neal, the district's first black principal and administrator. O'Neal served as Sheridan's principal from ...

Five people shot in Elgin Five people were injured in a shooting early yesterday morning in Elgin. About 3:10 a.m., officers responded to the 300 block of North Street for a reported shooting and found four victims, who were taken to Sherman an...

The video is riddled with menace and swagger: Reputed gang members in Chicago point their guns directly at the camera. A bare-chested young man brandishes an assault weapon. They flash hand signals, dance and, led by a rapper, taunt their rivals as ...