David Mendell

While the peekaboo sun and warmer weather Thursday helped make life in Chicago a little more comfortable, it also produced a dangerous situation the city rarely experiences on this scale:...

With clear skies over most of the nation and airlines prepared for an onslaught of travelers, Chicago's two major airports survived one of the heaviest travel days of the year...

In the eyes of an activist priest on a two-decade crusade, the towering message to children attending the John A. Walsh Elementary School on the Near South Side could not...

The 93-year-old Platt Building, which has been the center of a contentious conservation battle, will be allowed to stand at least three more weeks in the shadow of a new...

One day after his indictment on federal bank fraud charges, former Chicago Housing Authority Chairman Vincent Lane on Thursday ripped the government's case as a misunderstanding of a real-estate deal...

Demolition equipment appeared near Maxwell Street on Friday, prompting preservationists to begin scrambling to save five more buildings that they believe played a key role in Chicago history. "It's just...

More than 40 small, natural gas power plants are being planned throughout Illinois--at least 20 around Chicago--to satisfy the region's insatiable appetite for electricity, especially on days when the power...

Rocket J. Squirrel failed to show, but big-antlered Bullwinkles were everywhere. Hoping to replicate the tourism boom generated by Chicago's "Cows on Parade" exhibit last summer, the city of Toronto...

The three 11th graders from Chicago's Senn High School acknowledged feeling out of place as they stood among members of the football team waiting for an athletic physical: a requirement...

As winter officially starts Wednesday, this week's cold snap should begin to snap back into relative warmth--but only after single-digit temperatures and high winds created havoc and headaches for many...