Gerry Smith

What began as a leisurely afternoon jog for Blackhawks player Tuomo Ruutu quickly escalated with his mistaken detention Tuesday before ending with Ruutu obliging an officer's request for an autograph....

Kamini Patel's husband picked up the ringing phone Sunday night to hear his distraught brother talking about a botched suicide involving himself and his two young sons, she said. Her...

Of all the recent odd sights at the end of Bolingbrook's Pheasant Chase Court, one of the most surprising arrived in a shiny black jacket last week. Greta Van Susteren....

Whether Drew Peterson was sitting in his squad car watching her as she left the mall or calling her eight times while she got a haircut, Stacy Peterson was accustomed...

At Cape Canaveral LUCAS SEES LAUNCH: Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven thundered into orbit Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., setting off on a 14-day International Space Station construction...

More than 20 Hispanic workers protested quietly outside an Aurora manufacturing plant Friday, saying they were fired in a growing controversy sparked by the federal government's crackdown on illegal immigrants...

Dozens of Scout troops are scrambling to find new meeting places after the state's second-largest school district decided to charge Scouts the same fees as about 30 other non-profit groups,...

After a faulty cable sparked an electrical explosion Monday in downtown Aurora, Mayor Tom Weisner decided he'd had enough. While Commonwealth Edison Co. crews worked to restore power, Weisner complained...

Prosecutors said a Woodridge mother systematically beat her 5-year-old daughter until she could "no longer absorb the blows." The girl died shortly after being admitted to an area hospital July...

An episode of the TV show "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was partly behind a new search Wednesday of the Oswego home of the Vaughn family, four of whom...