Andrew Fegelman

A different picture emerged Thursday of Thomas Collins, the suburban commodities broker whose disappearance has left hundreds of investors nervously pondering the fate of $40 million they had entrusted to...

The vision of a public health care system in the next century, at least in the eyes of Cook County, would include a hospital that would care only for the...

Lawyers for John Wayne Gacy went to federal court Monday to try to block his May 10 execution, arguing that prosecutors withheld evidence showing he was out of state during...

Somehow it seems fitting that after a long, often overlooked campaign, many of those watching Sunday's South Side Irish Parade cheered Barney, the purple dinosaur, but left before the politicians...

It looked like a scene from "The Hustler." Next to the bar in the Rockford Teamster Hall, behind the pool table and alongside a five-time world pool champ stood Democratic...

For those fretting that the institution of marriage has lapsed into an irreversible tailspin comes this bit of solace: More couples appear to be staying together. Since hitting a high...

In a Chicago custody battle with eerie parallels to the "Baby Jessica" case, an Illinois appeals court Wednesday ruled the opposite way, saying a 2 1/2-year-old boy should stay with...

For a change, the tax news for the south and southwest suburbs wasn't entirely bad. Some homeowners in the region actually will find smaller tax bills in their mailboxes next...

Three residents who say they are sensitive to a chemical used by the suburb to eradicate weeds, sued Wednesday to stop the spraying, but a judge refused to grant the...

Gov. Jim Edgar said Wednesday he wants to change the state laws that instruct child-welfare workers and judges to reunite families whenever possible. Edgar had been less adamant on Tuesday,...