Andrew Martin

The attacks on four young girls in the Englewood neighborhood bore striking similarities. Three of the girls were on their way to or from the store. Three were attacked in...

Federal authorities are investigating whether the tangled financing of several housing developments in the western and southwestern suburbs played a role in alleged money-laundering schemes suspected of bankrolling Middle Eastern...

A 6 1/2-year, multimillion dollar legal battle over the city's ward map was boiled down to some simple, if brutal, essentials Monday as both sides came to an agreement in...

Handing a solid victory for the plaintiffs in a drawn-out legal battle over remapping Chicago's wards, a federal judge Friday said she favored new boundaries supported by many minority aldermen...

If the imposing Asian longhorn beetle makes a fitting villain for Ravenswood residents who stand to lose their trees to the beasties, an unassuming park worker from Morton Grove is...

Flanked by grim-faced scientists and federal officials, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday rolled out the city's tactical plan to squash a beetle. Asian longhorn beetles, now roaming in at least...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Glenn Poshard has asked Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to be featured in a television commercial for his campaign, attempting to put to rest lingering questions about the...

Non-city crews that clamp the Denver boot on cars parked "illegally" in private lots will be given the boot themselves if Mayor Richard Daley and an angry Chicago alderman have...

Chicago Police Supt. Terry Hillard said Wednesday that several witnesses have confirmed allegations that police officers held a beer bash in the parking lot of the Grand-Central District after Friday's...

Chicago's booming economy has filled the city's coffers and revitalized some downtrodden neighborhoods. But these heady times have come with at least one negative side effect in now-trendy neighborhoods such...