Brendan Mccarthy

A Schaumburg sleight-of-hand man is taking his show to an oasis of illusion. Dan Sperry, 21, a magician and illusionist, will perform in Las Vegas next week in "The World's...

This time of year at Beard Auto Repair (the name of the auto repair shop as published has been corrected here and in a subsequent reference in this text)in Downers...

More than a dozen Maine East High School students wept and hugged Wednesday afternoon on a street corner on Chicago's Northwest Side, mourning a classmate whose driving allegedly led to...

A Woodstock father and son have parlayed the first name they share into a role on a television commercial. Fred Strang, 82, and Fred Jr., 57, co-owners of Fred's Upholstery,...

Like footage from an old newsreel--or something in a dream--the buses carrying world champions emerged into view through the blizzard of confetti. The charmed 2005 White Sox team arrived downtown...

`Desperate' for both teams "Desperate Housewives" actor James Denton took in the pregame festivities, remarking that he grew up in Nashville but has taken to both the Cubs and White...

The last time the White Sox went to the World Series, Gaspare "Gappy" Ciaravino was 17. Sunday night, Ciaravino, now a gray-haired grandfather, felt like a teenager again. Erasing 46...

After escaping the flames raging through his McHenry County home early Wednesday, Michael Bray ran to the back yard where he believed his two children and their mother had fled...

The neon in the marquee is glowing again, the lobby has been repainted and the historic Des Plaines Theater is several steps closer to its original luster. The art deco...

Screams, gasps and a smoky haze filled Casey Cerniauskas' car as Metra's Rock Island District train No. 504 lurched to a violent stop, sending him skidding down the upper aisle...