Andrew Zajac

In the span of a few weeks this summer, a lawyer working out of a cramped office in his Ukrainian Village home helped topple the state Republican Party chairman and...

In the moments after three women were struck by a van and a mob turned on the driver and his passenger, there was no shortage of information coming into police--at...

Sitting in court, Barry Lee Fairchild would hold law books upside down and pretend to read. He would nod as his lawyers explained his case to him, but then reveal...

In a pointed jab at the law firm representing Gov. George Ryan's campaign fund, federal prosecutors Friday asserted that Ryan himself currently calls the shots for his indicted Citizens for...

When the federal government indicted Gov. George Ryan's campaign committee and two of his former top aides, it also took direct aim at an anything goes political system that for...

After going without heat for nearly three weeks, about 35 tenants of an Englewood apartment building Monday won a court order that is to result in restored gas heat service...

Two state agencies have drawn conflicting conclusions about the cause of the fatal 1999 truck-train crash in Bourbonnais, but a more exhaustive investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board will...

Aided by Gov. George Ryan, Illinois lawmakers have commandeered nearly $1.5 billion in just three years to bankroll a secretive, taxpayer-funded spending machine for pet projects that have benefited cronies,...

In his heyday, the legendary South Side pastor Rev. Wilbur Daniel was known as the "seven-days-a-week minister" for the vigor with which he shepherded a large, influential flock at the...