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Nearly seven years after Christina Eilman wandered out of a South Side police station and into a catastrophe, her tragic entanglement with...
Dr. Andrea Dugas recalled widespread skepticism at a medical conference 10 years ago when she suggested that social media mentions and...
Friends and relatives of the victims of last week's double homicide in Joliet gathered outside the Will County Courthouse Monday afternoon,...
Aaron Swartz, the Highland Park-raised advocate for Internet openness, took his own life Friday under the shadow of a federal prosecution...
Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 30 years in prison for a Chicago businessman who supported a Pakistani terrorist group and its...
A panel appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to review taxpayer-subsidized health insurance for retired government workers suggested the city...
An Evanston couple fighting to adopt a South Korean baby whom they've raised since shortly after her birth was dealt a setback Monday when a...
Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy held a news conference Monday in which his department "put on display several of the firearms...
Three Evanston residents have filed a lawsuit against their city to stop Northwestern University's construction of a seven-story parking...
We'll all remember where we were when we learned that Kim Kardashian's ego was allowed to mate with rapper Kanye West's ego. The resulting...
A Darien man facing murder charges tried to arrange the death of his former girlfriend from his jail cell, DuPage County prosecutors said...
Former automobile dealer Roy Lang was a director of Exchange National Bank in Chicago from 1979 until 1990 and also involved with several...
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to broaden his fight against assault weapons to include the bank accounts of the companies that sell them,...
Des Plaines firefighters will replace a 23-year-old ladder truck on its last legs (or tires) with a 12-year-old used ladder truck from...
Recent signs of a recovering housing market have prompted Orland Park officials to pull the plug on discounted development fees that were...
The DuPage Children's Museum opened a new cafe operators say will provide healthy food and new learning opportunities for visitors.
The Village of Woodridge has launched a new website that is more user friendly and helpful.
Motorists, transit riders and commuters might ask themselves a question as they edge deeper into the new year: Do they feel lucky in 2013?
The developer behind a controversial project proposed for Naperville's downtown has donated money to five current City Council members,...
Childhood experts Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg and Nancy McBride give the following tips for parents to help their kids achieve independence:
Every few weeks, a group of young kids, mostly fourth-graders, wander around their neighborhood on Chicago's North Side —...
After a day of treatments at Loyola Medical Center, Bill Spicer, longtime referee and youth sports fixture, reflected on the fundraiser held...
The final step in the process to contest storm water utility charges in Downers Grove will be put to the test next month, when the village's...
Elgin Community College's required loan counseling program for students who need to borrow money should be a model for colleges and...
Cara Pavlicek, who had been serving as acting village manager in Oak Park since March, has been given the job after a nationwide search.
New research from the University of Chicago illustrates that individuals can tell very quickly whether a harmful action they witness is...
ITT Technical Institute likely will move its Mount Prospect location to Arlington Heights for cheaper rent, despite some parking concerns.
A recent study published by the American College of Cardiology suggests that taking your daily dose of omega-3 may not do all it's cracked...
Jack and Denise Gallagher went out for a winter walk, and ended up at an art opening.
Des Plaines aldermen plan to end a group's quest to transform what was once an Italian restaurant into a spiritual center.
Willowbrook Mayor Robert Napoli and Burr Ridge Acting Village President Bob Sodikoff put an upbeat economic slant on their state-of-the-...
Des Plaines will ask the Illinois Commerce Commission for permission to start its own 911 call center — one of many steps required...
Changes in the Kane County prosecutors' office may help process cases more quickly and provide new experience to younger attorneys, State'...
A new off-track horse wagering facility will open in Bolingbrook in time for the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Westmont Village Board has signed off on a special use permit to operate a live venue theater in downtown.
Willowbrook Mayor Robert Napoli wants to be elected in April to a second term as mayor, but his opponent, Trustee Frank Trilla, said he...
On the morning of Nick Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary, his wife Amy disappeared and now all eyes are on Nick as a suspect. Could Amy's...
A financial services company hired by the Village of Winnetka has unveiled three ways to fund a $43 million dollar stormwater sewer...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is still a week away, but Chicagoans got an early start Sunday marking the national holiday.
During nearly a quarter-century in radio, Jim Edwards went to great lengths to cultivate his on-air persona, Jake Hartford. The fictitious...
You might find Cescily Washington teaching a dance class at a Chicago public school, standing before her young students dressed in her black...
Visitors will have a little more time to bring their cellphones into Cook County criminal courthouses.
Over the past decade, the 700 block of East 79th Street has undergone a transformation that points to another shift in Chicago's ethnic...
When Eric Palmer came to Augustana College four years ago, he wasn't expecting to fall in love. And he certainly wasn't expecting to be a...
Dozens of Illinois business leaders and several companies publicly endorsed gay marriage Sunday in an attempt to reignite the issue after...
Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett agrees with a panel on school closings that high schools should be off the table as the...
You didn't need to be a board-certified orthopedist to know something was seriously wrong with quarterback Robert Griffin III during the NFL...
At the end of an exhausting rehearsal, the young men plopped down on the floor and rested, their gym shoes kicked off to the side and...