Bonita Brodt

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a controversial 1991 police shooting case in which a Hoffman Estates officer was accused of using excessive force when she...

"I do get angry," explains resident Bob Spielman. Not to mention frustrated. His reasons are as simple as they are clear. A paraplegic, Spielman drives a van that is specially...

"I do get angry," explains resident Bob Spielman. Not to mention frustrated. His reasons are as simple as they are clear. A paraplegic, Spielman drives a van that is specially...

In Schaumburg and Elgin, mayoral candidates are raising large sums of money to hire consultants, conduct polls or send out direct-mail advertising. In Crystal Lake and Rolling Meadows, the modest...

Richard Bailey, horse trader, can surely sell himself as well. Annette Hoffman, a 52-year-old Gold Coast plastic surgeon, married Bailey in April after meeting him by chance in a North...

Medicaid reform just might be coming to Illinois. It's early, but plans without many details are being tossed onto the table and the scramble over who gets the political credit...

Chicago police made another handgun arrest early Thursday morning. It wasn't a street-gang member toting a pistol for the sport of it. It wasn't a homeowner who kept it in...

''Animal Stories'' (Children`s Circle. 32 minutes. Ages 4-9. $22.50.) The Caldecott award-winning illustrations of Leo and Diane Dillon spring to life in the animated version of the childrens` book ''Why...

Michael Angarola, first assistant state`s attorney of Cook County, and a 20-year-old South side woman, who police said was driving the wrong way on the Kennedy Expressway, were killed shortly...

As medical researchers strive to understand more about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a new study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Development has ruled out one...