Frank James

In Greek coffeehouses, Jewish bakeries, Polish restaurants and German delis across town, the same topic dominates conversation: Germany. But all the discussions don`t reflect the images of unalloyed joy that...

Last Tuesday, Debbie Muraoka was in the middle of that quintessential California act-the pursuit of the perfect tan-when the health spa she was in shuddered violently from that quintessential California...

2:30 a.m. Police officer Pat Gass is behind the desk when a call comes in from an anxious boyfriend seeking his ''missing'' girlfriend. ''No, I don`t see her name on...

''I got a bunch of dope here!'' Strain shouts. The three youths tense; one starts to run. ''Freeze!'' Ward shouts. ''On the ground! On your stomachs! Arms out!'' They obey....

At the beginning of a recent weekend, five Tribune reporters spent a day with Chicago police officers from the 18th District, whose station is at 113 W. Chicago Ave. They...

8:55 p.m. A call of suspicious men in the alley at North Sheffield Avenue turns out to be two friends working on their cars. ''I got $2,000 in this stereo,...

On Friday night, Chicago went gaga over its French connection, which began 316 years ago when a couple of Gallic visitors staked their flag in a smelly onion field next...