HANCOCK COUNTY — “Ten-four,” a police officer might tell a dispatcher over the radio. Or “OK, I gotcha.” They both mean the same thing, but one is a little easier to understand than the other. Anyone ...

For anyone in the habit of listening to the Chicago Police Department’s scanner radio transmissions, those two words break through the cacophony of addresses, numbers and codes that police officers ...

Every profession has its lingo. We journalists have it. Step into our newsroom and you'll hear us throw around words like "slug" and "header," "refer" and "infobox" and even "Presto" (regrettably, not ...

There's nothing more intimidating for many drivers than to find a warning error light appear on your vehicle dashboard. While some may be confident in their ability ...