George Papajohn

It was bad enough that the 82-year-old woman`s car was stolen. What made it worse was that she watched while it happened. And the absolute worst part was that she...

The seven-block walk from his apartment to the bus stop gives Vince Frazier a chance to assess the status of his one-man war on garbage. The battle of South Langley...

A raccoon on the lam from the city`s animal care and control commission has abandoned his Loop ''L'' platform hideout. ''No raccoon,'' Peter Poholik, the commission`s executive director, reported Thursday...

Cathy Caceres has always supported her son`s artistic pursuits, first in film and now in magazines. But when Francisco, 28, asked her to model, sans makeup, for the July-August issue...

The Shriners convention may have generated more money, the U.S. Conference of Mayors may have meant more prestige and the New Kids on the Block may have inspired more shrieks....

Forget the dreaded cicadas. A temporary annoyance. Mere bugs on the windshield of this great metropolis. The real noise event this summer is pulsating from the stereos of beat-crazy automobiles,...

Allergic to cats and dogs, Frank Dombroski first turned to fish in a desperate bid for a mutually fulfilling owner-pet relationship. The fish came up short. ''They just weren`t very...

When they were shot to death two months ago last Thursday, Richard and Nancy Langert were described by friends and relatives as an All-American couple who had the perfect marriage....

Former Mayor Jane Byrne would never cut it as a talk show host. Too shrill. Former Mayor Eugene Sawyer? Hey, the guy wasn`t nicknamed Mayor Mumbles for nothin`. Mayor Richard...

It`s been a mere four decades since the Illinois Humane Society stopped helping down-and-out animals in its social work and focused all its attention on needy humans. But as far...