CHICAGO – Parents who suffered unfathomable loss during the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., today joined Governor Pat Quinn, Senate President John Cullerton and Senator Dan Kotowski to...

The Will County Health Department has responded to the opening of the 2013 mosquito season by activating its annual telephone line to help zero in on potential West Nile virus hot...

Phil Andrew knows what it's like to negotiate with insanity. On May 20, 1988, he and his mother were in their kitchen in Winnetka when Laurie Dann burst in, a gun with each hand, and...

Activists fear abuse of government powerLook! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a drone! And it's hovering outside my bedroom window!    

North Lawndale boy in good condition, family saysA 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window of his family's North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday, narrowly missing a...

Choking claims 4,000 lives annually despite simple actions that could save themFred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit.    

Governor signs measure aimed at violent mobs who organize through websitesGov. Pat Quinn signed into law Saturday a measure that allows stiffer penalties for people convicted of using...

Etiquette will also be taught at Miss Kay's Dance School when it opens in September in WinnetkaMaria Kurt is convinced that learning how to dance the fox-trot and proper etiquette are...

CHICAGO – Governor Pat Quinn today signed an innovative new law that will crack down on individuals who use electronic communication or social media to organize a violent flash mob....

Husband flies overnight to show up at ceremony unannouncedAdam Jarboe recently returned from Afghanistan and flown overnight into Chicago to pull off a stealth mission. Jarboe, a petty...