`Dirty city’ doesn’t wash with Daley
Is Chicago really the king of unclean? Mayor Richard Daley doesn't think so. He lashed out Thursday morning at a study recently released by Reader's Digest that calls Chicago the...
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Dean blasts GOP over voting rights
Until President Bush and top Republicans reaffirm their support for the Voting Rights Act, they should stop courting black voters and showing up in black churches, Democratic National Committee Chairman...
Nightclub aides tell of sisters’ behavior
Toward the end of a night of drinking in honor of her sister's 21st birthday, Elizabeth Hatch, daughter of Minnesota Atty. Gen. Mike Hatch, demanded another cosmopolitan drink, hostess Beth...
Hatch sisters’ case steals spotlight in Chicago court
This story contains corrected material, published June 11, 2005. Misdemeanor Court on South Michigan Avenue rarely receives a high-profile--or heater--case. But the court call Tuesday for Anne and Elizabeth Hatch...
Porch railings fail; girl dies, 2 injured
Playing at her best friends' home in West Englewood on a warm night, Tiara Woods wanted to sleep over, but needed permission from her mother. As Tiara, 9, left about...
Raising of bridges city’s rite of spring
The annual spring lifting of Chicago River bridges is a harbinger of warm weather and waterway travel. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings--and some Sundays--until the end of June, downtown bridges...
Student photo of reputed mobster is a hit
The dapper old man on the bicycle looked pretty classy, so Columbia College student Val Carpenter pulled over and asked if she could take his photograph for her class project....
British book showcases firefighters, paramedics
Firefighters and paramedics got together last week at the firehouse at 202 E. Chicago Ave. to have a look at a new children's book featuring Chicago emergency workers. The colorful...
Prayers, hope are with pope
The selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany as Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday was marked by ringing bells and grateful prayers in Illinois--but also by worries about where he...
Sex-abuse case now election issue
When a DuPage County prosecutor criticized Hinsdale High School District 86 school officials in November for failing to report longtime sexual abuse allegations against a popular teacher and coach, few...