The body of a baby pulled from the wreckage of a fire at a vacant south suburban home earlier this month remains unidentified, but appears to be that of a black girl younger than 2. The fire broke out ...

Cook County authorities trying to identify a baby found dead in the wreckage of a fire at a vacant south suburban home last month think they know what she looked like. On Thursday, the Cook County ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A well-known community activist is on a mission to make sure a little girl gets justice. Four years ago, the body of a baby was found after a fire in a home in Markham and people in ...

It was like an adult version of a touch-a-truck event. Erasmus T. Williams, a high-ranking official for the Republic of Liberia, climbed up into the driver’s seat of Markham fire truck No. 1533 ...

A large fire destroyed four newly built vacant townhouses in Markham late Monday night, resulting in likely more than $5 million in damages, according to officials, but no one was injured in the blaze ...

A house burned to the ground as the result of an explosion in south suburban unincorporated Oak Forest Friday. 1 of 15 An explosion occurred just before 4 p.m. in the 16300-block of Kedvale Avenue, ...

Markham, IL -- After returning Sunday from a blaze where a firefighter was severely burned, Markham firefighters were again called to a house engulfed in flames, officials said. Their efforts were ...

A fire in Markham that burned more than a mile of nature preserve land and threatened a subdivision Saturday afternoon was considered suspicious by fire officials. “It was huge. There was a lot of ...

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