George Papajohn

The crest of the flood-swollen Des Plaines River swept into Chicago`s western suburbs Monday night, overflowing the river`s banks to block major thoroughfares and swamp scores of houses in the...

The Prince of Wales may impress a lot of people with his skilled feats on the polo field and the dance floor, his wealth and breeding and even his stylish...

What little public show there was Thursday evening was jolly exciting as His Royal Highness, Charles, Prince of Wales, arrived in Chicago and swept through town as police escort sirens...

A 1 1/2-block suburban residential area was ravaged Sunday in a collision of an Aeromexico DC-9 and a small plane that killed at least 72 people. The neighborhood was still...

An American Airlines DC-10 jumbo jet, bound from Chicago to Honolulu Thursday afternoon, was forced to return to O`Hare International Airport 41 minutes after takeoff because one of its engines...

Democrat Adlai Stevenson shed the cast on his broken foot Monday and vowed to ''run and run hard'' as he filed petitions to qualify as a third-party candidate for governor,...

Gov. James Thompson said Friday he was ''probably foolish'' last month in offering $42 million in state funds to keep the White Sox in Chicago, and he hinted that a...

Joe Stella is driving a hard bargain these days when it comes to selling his six acres of land in Du Page County. ''If somebody wants to buy, they have...

Edmund Kelly accepted defeat and announced his resignation as general superintendent of the Chicago Park District Sunday, but not without fighting words that hinted of battles to come. ''I don`t...

Friends of the Parks, an independent watchdog organization, called Sunday for an end to what it describes as the popular and dangerous sport of playing politics with Chicago parks. Executive...