Gary Washburn

Chicago officials said Friday they did not receive an automated National Weather Service tornado warning, but even if they had there's no guarantee they would have activated the city's system...

Anger and unrest have not subsided in the Lawndale neighborhood two days after an 18-year-old was fatally shot in the back as he ran from a police officer. An emotional...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday ordered state inspectors to examine all bridges considered to be critical as Illinois officials sought to assess the safety of its bridge network in the...

The last time Mayor Richard Daley chose a police superintendent, the city was battling violent crime totals that for several years made Chicago the murder capital of the country. But...

The list of Chicago police misconduct allegations that city officials are fighting to keep secret shows that the scandal-plagued Special Operations Section has a disproportionately high number of complaints over...

Although the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade is a done deal and now 400 jobs likely will be pared, the city is offering...

Two of the several hundred people who say they became ill after eating hummus at the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine booth at Taste of Chicago have decided to take the...

As the city began to receive reports of people getting sick after attending the Taste of Chicago, the visitors had one thing in common: They all had eaten at the...

Athletes from across the Western Hemisphere are pouring into the picturesque Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro to battle it out in the Pan American Games starting Friday. In the...

Mayor Richard Daley is welcoming seven summertime businesses, including five cafes, to the banks of the Chicago River today in the first phase of a plan to expand the number...