Elmwood Park

The Saturday death of a 55-year-old man who was shot in July, 2011 on the South Side has been ruled a homicide, authorities said. Reginald Thomas was sitting in a car with a 57-year-old woman about 12:30 a.m. July 11, 2011 in the 7200 block of South...

Thomas Gerald "Tom" Janus, 70, of Hagerstown, passed away Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at home, after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family. Born June 11, 1942, in Elmwood Park, Ill., Tom was the son of the late Chester Leonard Janus and Phyllis...

A man and woman were convicted on misdemeanor animal cruelty charges this week after hoarding more than 40 cats and dogs in their Elmwood Park home last year, authorities said today. Janina Sapalska, 63, and Lukasz Sapalski, 35, were sentenced Thursday...

A convicted sex offender who was once the subject of a Tribune investigation about attempted child abduction was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison today after he tried to kidnap a 12-year-old boy last year in Elmwood Park, according to the Cook County...

Customers and employees of a store in Elmwood Park jumped onto counters and ladders when two stray dogs ran into the store. it happened Tuesday the Staples office supply store on North Harlem Avenue. Customers say one of the dogs was a pit bull mix...

Charges are pending against two people in the hoarding of more than 40 cats and dogs in an Elmwood Park home, police said Thursday Authorities were alerted to the situation when a small fire was reported around 7 p.m. Wednesday at the home in the 1600...

Two Chicago men were arrested over the weekend in connection with a spree of armed robberies at several near west suburban cell phone stores in the last few months, authorities said. Edgar Wallace, 37, of the 900 block of North Hamlin Avenue, was charged...

Naperville Unit District 203 is looking to one of its principals to fill a top administrative post. Washington Junior High Principal Bob Ross has been …...

A father and his adult son were found dead at a home in the 2400 block of 73rd Court in Elmwood Park today, according to police officials in the near western suburb. Elmwood Park Police Chief Frank Fagiano said they received a call at about 12:14 p.m....

Two people have been discovered dead in a home in Elmwood Park, officials say. The Cook County medical examiner's office said it has been notified …...

A threatening letter mentioning a plan to kill a suburban police chief landed a 35-year-old man in court on Wednesday. Steven Melnyk was charged with threatening a public official, a felony, after allegedly writing the letter to Elmwood Park Police...