Gary Washburn

"The Coast of Chicago," a collection of stories set in ethnic working class areas of the city by Chicago native Stuart Dybek, is the latest selection for the city's One...

A 22-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department claimed responsibility Thursday for maintaining an Internet chat room for firefighters that includes racist comments and step-by-step instructions on how to make...

Two more racist comments have been broadcast over the Chicago Fire Department's radio frequencies, bringing the total number of such incidents to five in a little more than a month,...

Chicago police officials are forming a special internal investigative unit to look at the small fraction of police officers who make the most of the department's ample sick-leave policy, hoping...

Chicago's first openly gay alderman on Wednesday called on the Cook County Board to give the green light to same-sex marriages, though he conceded that the issue is controversial even...

Denise Casalino, the manager of Chicago's Wacker Drive reconstruction project, has emerged as the frontrunner to become the city's new commissioner of planning and development, sources said late Tuesday. Mayor...

Chicago police have stopped enforcing the city's curfew ordinance while officials try to bring the statutes into compliance with a court ruling protecting the 1st Amendment rights of minors. David...

Mayor Richard Daley on Monday endorsed a proposed deal that would allow the Chicago Cubs to host additional night games at Wrigley Field, virtually assuring its approval by the City...

A top aide in Chicago's controversial Hired Truck Program is a manager of an adult bookstore housed in a Dixmoor building that once was a notorious brothel. Robert Ricciarelli, in...

Chicago's largest Catholic hospital system acknowledged Wednesday that it has cut charity care for the poor by at least one-third and restricted the areas where it will offer financial assistance...