Colleen Kujawa

Severe thunderstorms. Tornado touchdowns. Sweltering heat. The feverish weather this past week reminded us that the Chicago area is still in the thick of the dog days of summer. August...

"I love it. It's the most exciting thing a girl can do." These effusive words came from a 22-year-old woman who took a blow to her abdomen one day in...

The holidays, with all their warmth, sparkle, feasting and fellowship — gift shopping headaches and family squabbling notwithstanding — nourish us each year as we brace ourselves for the full-blown...

Classrooms change. Fashions change. Courses change. (Does wood shop still exist?) But for each generation, even during this strangest of times, universal truths persist: School is challenging. It's scary. It's...

He was known as "The Boss." "Da Mare." Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley pulled the levers of city and Democratic power for over two decades. He was courted. He was...

As Chicago has proved, tumult can't keep a good city — and its aspirations — down. In 1930, not even the lingering effects of a stock market crash could stop...

When Scottish novelist Walter Scott lost his beloved bull terrier Camp, he hinted at the depth of his heartbreak in his explanation for turning down a dinner invitation that day:...

During the Roaring '20s, the nation was riding high, and so was the stock market. America was the land of productivity and plenty, where wages were rising and prices were...