James Ealy faces a life sentence in the 2006 murder of a Burger King manager who was stabbed with a screwdriver and strangled with her uniform's bowtie.
The Lake County State's Attorney's Office says a body found Thursday night in Vernon Hills is believed to be that of missing Lake Villa man Nick Steward.
Wright-Way Rescue dogs and cats were placed in foster homes after a school bus crashed into the Niles animal shelter, causing heavy-damage to the building.
Chicago police have issued a community alert after a man allegedly lured a 12-year-old girl into his car and sexually assaulted her on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Some high school students on Chicago's South Side are still not in classes as their new charter school did not open as scheduled because of an alderman's concerns.
President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.
Concerned an infant boy may be "harmed or worse" the Zion Police Department asked residents Thursday to search their property and garbage cans in hopes of locating a missing 5-month-old who was reported abducted Wednesday.
Concerned an infant boy may be "harmed or worse" the Zion Police Department asked residents Thursday to search their property and garbage cans in hopes of locating a missing 5-month-old who was reported abducted Wednesday.
A 5-month-old boy from north suburban Zion was reported abducted Wednesday, sparking a massive search by about 125 law enforcement officers, emergency workers and bloodhounds.
The Cook County Sheriff's office continued its recent expansion of crime-fighting duties in the suburbs when it agreed Monday to take over the midnight shift for the Dixmoor Police Department.