George Papajohn

The tragedy of Dantrell Davis was not only in the way he died. It also was in the way he lived. What everyone would remember was one moment of violence-a...

In Chicago, August is the time of year for budget crises and last-minute labor talks with teachers. But this year a new sideshow has developed: bashing the School Finance Authority....

A handgun that authorities say a 12-year-old boy pointed at a police officer who then shot him to death in a South Side alley did not reveal any fingerprints from...

Call it confidence. Chalk it up to Midwestern stoicism. Or perhaps Chicago sports fans have endured so many ignominious defeats and chokes over the years that the Bulls` loss Monday...

There are plenty of maybes surrounding the proposal for a Lake Calumet airport, beginning with the question of whether it will ever get built. One of the biggest maybes is...

A 14-year-old girl was charged with first-degree murder Monday in the death of a year-old baby girl she was baby-sitting after the infant plunged nine floors from an apartment at...

The Christmas office party may have been cut due to financial constraints. The smoking room may have been eliminated for health reasons. The annual company picnic may be a fond...

A ''domestic'' dispute led one police officer to fatally shoot another Friday and then to kill himself, police said. Both officers were experiencing marital difficulties, said John Townsend, deputy police...

U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski will run again-to the pleasure of Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. Jim Edgar, at the expense of fellow congressman Frank Annunzio and with a lot to...

When Adeola Animashaun gets behind the wheel of his taxi in the morning to start another day, he leaves behind a wife who wonders if he will survive to supper...