Local groups and organizations drawing from around the nation are celebrating 35 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn’t know in an Arkansas state park has bounced between four school districts in three states. Andrew James ...

A suspect is in custody after allegedly hitting a Will County sheriff's patrol car during a police chase through the south suburbs on Friday night, officials said.

A North Chicago man has been arrested for dealing methamphetamine out of a home that was also the location of a daycare center, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.

Officials in Maryland say a 13-year-old boy died after getting trapped in a storm drain during heavy rainfall and flooding on ...

A body was found Thursday morning during the search for a kayaker who fell into the Fox River Tuesday night while fishing.

One person is dead after a wreck in Daviess County, Indiana. The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened on Thursday afternoon on SR 257, and involved a moped, a FedEx truck, and a SUV ...

Gurnee police say that burglars committed a rash of break-ins throughout the village early Wednesday, affecting more than a dozen businesses.

The suspect, a wanted fugitive according to police, was handcuffed and turned over to the custody of the Channahon Police Department.

But in 1832, people believed cholera was linked to intemperance and vice, which were thought to weaken the body. According to the prevailing miasma theory, it caused outbreaks once airborne.