Orthodontist: No Doubt About Gacy Victim's Identity
An orthodontist who helped identify victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy is defending his work, after a Chicago woman got a judge's consent to exhume the body she doesn't believe was her son.
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An orthodontist who helped identify victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy is defending his work, after a Chicago woman got a judge's consent to exhume the body she doesn't believe was her son.
A 34-year-old man wanted for two shootings in Joliet was arrested this week while sleeping in an apartment on Chicago's South Side.
Workers at the Torrence Avenue Ford Assembly Plant on the city's Far Southeast Side have voted overwhelmingly to reject a new contract with the automaker.
The city is running into some problems with new halogen street light fixtures it is installing to improve lighting and save money.
The state's horse racing industry doesn't see much of a future unless the tracks get slot machines.
The Chicago Police Marine Unit has recovered the bodies of two men who went missing in Lake Michigan.
A 5-year-old boy was fatally shot in an apparent gang-related attack Friday night in northwest suburban Elgin, police said.
A member of the 1985 Chicago Bears team is taking former teammate Dan Hampton to task for declining an invitation the White House with the rest of the team.
No one complained when a Christian church was planning to build a new facility in Naperville, but protests erupted after the plans fell through and the church began talking about selling the land to a mosque.
A worker at a stone-cutting business the far northwest suburbs was airlifted to a hospital Thursday afternoon after he was impaled by a piece of equipment.
A Cook County judge has ordered that the remains of a boy, identified decades ago as one of John Wayne Gacy's victims, be exhumed so that his mother can learn whether it's really her son.
The old-fashioned freak show might be too scary and too politically incorrect for most modern amusement parks, but Six Flags Great America may be coming close this weekend.
A school district in Lake County had to reach halfway around the world in its search for new bilingual teachers.
ComEd's tree-trimming operations have been providing what some might consider an unlikely benefit to the animals at the Brookfield Zoo.
Gas prices are down 11 cents in the last week in the Chicago area, and dropping.
Four Chicago Police officers are in line for life-saving commendations, after talking a man down from a bridge over the Dan Ryan expressway early Tuesday morning.
Chicago area dog owners are being warned about a new danger at dog parks, but the threat appears to be bogus.
An Elgin funeral home is being sued for having a woman's body cremated without authorization from her husband.
A South Side elementary school has been honored for having the highest attendance in the city.
Deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich has suffered another indignity. A move is now afoot to suspend his license to practice law.
Police are seeking two brothers for questioning in a shooting that has now left a 15-year-old boy dead in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
About 400 public pools in Illinois have yet to meet new drain safety requirements and could be forced to close on Saturday if they don't make the necessary modifications.
Two former Lake County, Ind., Sheriff's officers appeared in federal court in Hammond Tuesday, pleading guilty to gun trafficking and tax evasion charges.
The jury in the trial of an accused cop killer saw and heard the defendant admitting, very matter-of-factly, that he fired the fatal shots.
A program at Marist High School in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood Tuesday attempted to teach students the lesson that texting while driving can be deadly.
