Gary Washburn

As Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday made his annual plea to parents to get their children to school on the first day of classes, school officials said they are planning...

City officials said Friday that inspectors had found serious code violations involving porches at 15 other properties owned or managed by the landlord of the Lincoln Park apartment building that...

The back porch that collapsed and killed 13 people over the weekend was wider than allowed by city code and its floor supports too thin, causing the structure to splinter...

One moment, they were sipping beer and cocktails on a Lincoln Park porch on a summer night--dozens of people in their 20s shining with promise. The next moment, the floor...

Despite a claim of support by Cook County officials, Mayor Richard Daley has not told anyone his position on demolishing Cook County Hospital, his press secretary said Monday. "He told...

Mayor Richard Daley, perhaps Chicago's most notable cycling advocate and certainly the one with the most clout, plans to take the city to a new level of bicycle-friendliness with a...

Bryan Berryman of Naperville sleeps in a room plastered with sports memorabilia, including framed pictures of his youth baseball teams and a poster of his hero, Sammy Sosa. "I love...

City officials and WBBM-Ch. 2 are close to an agreement to build a showcase "media center" for the TV station on a corner of long-dormant Block 37 in the Loop,...

Chicago's City Council on Wednesday approved an affordable housing ordinance sponsored by Mayor Richard Daley, but only after mayoral loyalists sidetracked amendments that would have given the measure more teeth....

An 8-year-old South Side boy, who lost his leg when he was hit by a Chicago firetruck four years ago, is poised to receive a $10 million settlement from the...