Flynn McRoberts

With the specter of the botched Ryan Harris investigation still looming, officials on Thursday announced two major changes meant to strengthen oversight of murder cases involving juvenile suspects and bolster...

The ripple effect of President Clinton's troubles may hit Illinois' senior senator where it hurts--in the campaign pocketbook. U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) said Monday that she thought the House...

It stood 16 stories tall, a high-rise morgue for her daughter's body. "I don't feel no sadness," Gladys McLaurien said in May as a demolition crew tore into 5326 S....

Plans for redeveloping Cabrini-Green always have left many to wonder how well its poorer residents can live alongside owners of the $350,000 town homes springing up in the neighborhood. This...

In a cramped community room of a Cabrini-Green high-rise, tenant leaders Tuesday night cleared the last major obstacle to a plan to begin remaking one of America's most notorious housing...

Whenever the lights finally fade on the Bulls' victorious romp, their basketball Camelot staged on Chicago's Near West Side will leave a greater legacy than the NBA championship banners hanging...

Chalk Wessell was known by many in this county seat in southwestern Indiana as a small-time drug peddler, a lanky smart-mouth with a violent streak that led to an order...

Even before the final results were tallied for Tuesday's election, women's groups were expressing dismay that their choices for governor next November were an anti-abortion rights Republican and a Democrat...

A shortage of election judges and a polling place lighted by candles were among the minor mishaps Tuesday on an election day expected to draw a turnout just a notch...

In growing numbers Tuesday, the region's huddled masses regained the warm homes and cold refrigerators they had been yearning for. But repair crews still were struggling to reconnect power to...