Barbara Mahany

The ladies and gentlemen, in their gowns and tuxedos, danced beneath a two-story crimson canopy. They dined at tables draped in gold lame flounced skirts and dipped knives into swirls...

Petitions were filed Monday in Du Page County to put on the Nov. 4 ballot a referendum proposal designed to block construction of a new stadium for the Chicago White...

When the digital clock in her powder-blue bedroom flashes 12:34, Ann Ashenfelder doesn`t see time. Instead, the 14-year-old numbers whiz from Wheaton sees a four-digit launching pad for a nifty...

On Thursday, after Mae Hobson had told her story one more time, she bent over, buried her face in her hands and wept. ''I tried,'' she said, and could say...

A 29-year-old cabdriver has been indicted by a Cook County grand jury in connection with two fatal Northwest Side shootings, including one case in which a judge dismissed a murder...

The surprise disclosure last week that convicted killer Brian Dugan claimed he murdered a 10-year-old Naperville girl has raised questions about the way Du Page County authorities obtained convictions of...

Winter socked it to Chicago ahead of schedule Sunday as an arctic blast pounded the Midwest, closing roads, downing power lines and converting airports into impromptu hotels. Scores of flights...

Cicero residents appeared Tuesday to be approving overwhelmingly an advisory referendum asking whether the suburb should close its late-night bars earlier. The measure racked up a big ''yes'' vote in...

Cicero residents overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday an advisory referendum proposal urging the suburb to close its late-night bars earlier. As election officials tallied votes from 65 referendum proposals on suburban...

Except for a beat-up blue Chevrolet partially blocking the gravel drive between the white picket gate, there is no clue things are amiss at the Dawn Gate Montessori School. The...