MISSING: Russell Landry, 66, Suffers From Dementia
Russell Landry, 66, has been reported missing from the Edgewater Beach neighborhood
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Russell Landry, 66, has been reported missing from the Edgewater Beach neighborhood
According to the Michigan City Police department, Hornett fled during a work detail on prison grounds and is believed to still be in the area. He was wearing khaki clothes when he escaped. Authorites said Hornett is to be considered dangerous.
Brendt Christensen and his father broke down in tears Wednesday as Michael Christensen pleaded with jurors to spare his son's life for killing Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang, saying "he has too much to offer."
The Chicago Rockford International Airport is getting a funding boost.
Kurtis Kroster has been charged with bank robbery by intimidation for holding up a Citibank branch at 180 N. Michigan Av. on June 26.
A Lakeview synagogue has unearthed a 3,000-pound mystery, and professional locksmiths are welcome to come and take a crack at it.
A reptile expert known as "Alligator Bob" is continuing his search for a 4-foot alligator in the lagoon at Humboldt Park, after the toothy reptile was spotted in the water on Tuesday.
The Taste of Chicago opens today at 11 a.m. in Grant Park, featuring 41 restaurants and 17 food trucks through Sunday.
Chaos erupted at a busy South Loop hotel Tuesday night, after four men ran into the Marriott Marquis near McCormick Place, trying to hide from police after allegedly stealing and crashing a car.
Bradley Stephens is one of the highest-paid mayors in the country, earning a $260,000 salary as the mayor of Rosemont, a village with a population of 4,200. Now he stands to earn another $69,000 a year as a state representative.
The jury deciding Brendt Christensen's fate is preparing for another day of emotional testimony in the death penalty phase of his trial in the murder of Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang.
"How am I supposed to carry on? I really don't know how to carry on without her," said the mother of YingYing Zhang, the Chinese scholar murdered by Brendt Christensen at the University of Illinois.
Property tax increases in Cook County are going beyond sticker shock. For some families it's life-changing, and they say they will have no choice but to move.
Business owners in the South Shore neighborhood say gangs and drugs have taken over the streets outside their shops. They say authorities are not doing enough to crack down on the criminals.
After Ahalya Lettenberger was born with a rare muscular skeletal condition, doctors told her family that she would never walk. Now 15 years later, the Glen Ellyn native is on her way to the World Championships as the youngest athlete on the Paralympics Swimming National A Team.
