Bluesman Frank `Son' Seals, a mainstay on the Chicago blues club circuit, was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after police say he was shot by his wife in a domestic...
A bright yellow flier taped to a pole on a Michigan Avenue street corner flapped in a balmy breeze on Thursday, but it bore a chilly announcement: "Rerouting due to...
A man who held his former girlfriend hostage for eight hours in a suburban mall Friday was charged with 10 felonies Saturday, including kidnapping and sexual assault, police said. Armed...
Federal investigators probing police corruption in the Austin District used at least two undercover agents who posed as drug dealers, including a woman who was yanked from her vehicle and...
A tense hostage situation that began Friday afternoon after a gunman opened fire inside a hair salon at the Old Orchard shopping mall in Skokie ended without injury eight hours...
In a sign that Mayor Richard Daley has warmed to the idea of bringing the Olympics to Chicago, civic and business leaders announced Thursday that they had formed a task...
Richard Devine's days as zealous critic of the Cook County state's attorney's office officially ended Monday. For months, Devine had jabbed at Jack O'Malley with claims of mismanagement, arrogance and...
What struck me most about the recent managerial change made by the Cubs was not that they hired a man with the worst record among current major-league managers, or that...
The Cinderella label switched hands Thursday when unheralded Whitney Young, an also-ran in the rugged Red-West Section, upended Red-South champion Julian 65-62 at Kenwood in the third round of the...
- Leyden sectional-Chris Collins fired in 20 points to go along with eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals as Glenbrook North (24-2), ranked No. 9 in the Tribune poll,...