Elgin • A pot filled with cold taco meat that Ronnie W. Davis Jr. meant to throw at his pregnant wife Thursday, instead hit her 9-month-old cousin in the head, police said. Davis, 27, of the 300 block of East Chicago Street, who police say accused h...

Two people crossing a Chicago street on foot have died after being hit by a car that was later found abandoned. Police Officer Laura Kubiak says a 50-year-old man and 34-year-old woman were crossing a busy street on the city's North Side late Monday...

Chicago police say a 21-year-old man has been shot to death and a companion was wounded in what appears to have been a gang-related attack in the Albany Park neighborhood of the city's northwest side. Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer says the...

West Dundee • A Chicago woman faces two felony counts of forgery after police said she cashed someone else's $4,000 check at a West Dundee bank. LaCrisha Jones, 37, of the 6700 block of South Union Avenue, on March 12 cashed a check written out to a...

Metra says service on a north suburban rail line has returned to normal after a gas leak caused delays earlier in the day. Spokesman Tom Miller says trains along the Union Pacific North Line were stopped for about three hours Friday. Service was als...

Algonquin • An Algonquin woman has been charged with felony theft and felony retail theft, after she rang up false credit card charges inside the Old Navy at the Algonquin Commons mall, police said. Court documents say that Katharine E. Gilligan, 22...

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