A witness` account of a Chicago Transit Authority bus striking and killing a 7-year-old boy last week has prompted the Cook County state`s attorney office to try to interview her...
The shuttering of schools by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is becoming a common event. Too common for Marta Cruz. Two years ago, two of her sons transferred to another...
A state law designed to halt spiraling property tax bills in Chicago`s collar counties has not stopped governments from asking for tax increases well in excess of the law`s limit,...
A group of Evangelical Christians, some of whom put hundreds of thousands of dollars in an investment club, were faced with losing part or all of their money Friday when...
Along Madison Avenue in New York, women in revealing clothing have been as typical a pairing for beer as pretzels and brew at the corner bar. Sex sells suds. Where...
Fearing that the Illinois General Assembly will enact a tax-cap proposal that would require voter approval for nearly all bond issues, governments in suburban Cook County already are speeding up...
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, already stung by complaints that it ignored sexual misconduct by priests, is under fire again after disclosures that a priest previously accused of sexual...
Northwest suburban homeowners can expect property tax increases of 5 to 10 percent this year, far less than increases of 30 percent and more predicted for the south and west...
Benedicte Hardy is an anomaly, no doubt about it. As head of marketing and North American sales for her family`s cognac house, she is one of the few women in...
Five years ago, school officials in Downers Grove Elementary School District 58 faced a problem common to many suburban districts-too many kids, not enough classrooms, not enough money. Voters turned...