Vanessa Ceja Ramirez, 22, was sexually assaulted and murdered after deciding to return to the car when she became tired on a walk.

The man was found about 7:50 p.m. Thursday in an alley in the 4200 block of West Van Buren Street, police said.

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard will not appear on the April ballot after her lawsuit over the results of a Democratic Party caucus were rejected.

A proposal for a Cedar Rapids Casino faces a critical decision point Thursday at a meeting of the Iowa Racing and Gaming ...

A Homewood daycare worker is accused of endangering a 4-year-old child in freezing temperatures. Police say the worker placed the child in an alley and later in an empty garbage can as punishment. The ...

A teenager who stabbed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.

A Cook County judge dismissed Henyard’s lawsuit this week alleging that a caucus improperly selected State Sen. Napoleon Harris as the Democratic nominee for township supervisor. Voters will still ...

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s lawsuit alleging that a caucus held last month improperly named state Sen.

David Fischer, who earns a part-time salary of $36,000, has secured about $3-½ million in new grants for the office, most recently a $1-million, three-year grant to establish a team to look at ...

A significant legal battle that could affect thousands of homeowners in Jackson County is nearing its conclusion.

The move disrupted court proceedings Thursday afternoon and abruptly halted at least one jury trial, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

The bill requiring county property tax assessment boards of appeal members to live in Indiana was held in the Senate Local ...