A South Elgin man was arrested after he threatened two juveniles with a knife on school grounds, following a verbal exchange and a confrontation in the parking lot.

In the summer of 1925, John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee, and the trial was broadcasted live by ...

Ernie Clement and Daulton Varsho homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays became the first AL team to reach 70 wins by beating the ...

Three people have been arrested for stealing $10,000 worth of merchandise from retails stores across Cook County.

Paradise Johnson was last seen in the area of the 5600 block of South Marshfield Avenue on June 27. She may be with her mother, Semaj Smith, in an unknown vehicle, police say.

CDC security guards stopped White from driving into the campus on Friday before he parked near a pharmacy across the street and opened fire from a sidewalk. The bullets pierced “blast-resistant” ...

The new picture of law enforcement in the nation’s capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 National Guard ...

K-9 Officer Daniel Willis, 52, was a dedicated 20-year veteran of the Joliet Police Department. He first began his law ...

Beyoncé has an Emmy to go with her 35 Grammys. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, her legal name, was listed as one of a half dozen ...

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged ...

Chicago firefighters and paramedics have reached a tentative contract agreement with the city of Chicago after working ...

Cases of measles have slowed down, but that’s not stopping University of Illinois officials from keeping an eye on it.