Low-key Miguel del Valle turns up the heat
Miguel del Valle grabbed the microphone at a recent mayor's race forum in Uptown and fired away. "And then there's the harassment of inspections!" del Valle fumed in response to...
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Round 2: Bitter cold clutches buried city
Slammed by a blizzard of historic proportions and still struggling to dig out, the Chicago area now braces for a spiteful cold, freezing out any thought of a quick return...
‘The most China-friendly city in the United States’
In China, good business often includes personal overtures. So, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the U.S. last week as part of an effort to stabilize strained relations with the...
Hu invites faculty, students to visit China
Chinese president Hu Jintao capped a visit to Walter Payton Prep this morning by inviting 20 students and faculty at the Near North Side school to visit his homeland this...
Roof of building in deadly fire called ‘defective’ in 2007
After his South Shore laundry failed about six years ago, Chuck Dai said he gave up on the broken-down building on East 75th Street that he and a relative had...
Wealthy investors seek quick path to U.S. residency
Amid the cornfields and upstart subdivisions in McHenry County, a debate is under way over a $52 million vision for the future — all-American in concept but fueled by investors...
Low profile for Highwood
About a mile from Highland Park High School, where earlier this month officials decided to keep the girls basketball team from traveling to Arizona, a quiet North Shore community has...
Man shot estranged girlfriend, himself in Loop store, police say
Sending panicked shoppers scurrying for safety, a man followed his estranged girlfriend into an Old Navy store where she worked in Chicago's Loop on Friday and killed her in a...
White-hat “hero” or mortgage scammer?
The accusations that have piled up against Eliseo Carrillo run counter to the image the Chicago entrepreneur cultivated as a champion of Latino immigrants. As the housing market weakened in...
Mortgage ‘rescuer’ preyed on immigrants, clients allege
The accusations that have piled up against Eliseo Carrillo run counter to the image the Chicago entrepreneur cultivated as a champion of Latino immigrants. As the housing market weakened in...