Hanke Gratteau

Just to get 1988 off on the right foot, INC. offers these parting shots for 1987. . . . First, let`s remember those who showed a flair for style, the...

Ald. Fred Roti (1st) and Ald. Bernie Stone (50th) had a heck of a hoot Tuesday morning at City Hall with a computer list of properties being sold by the...

Used to be that the Chicago City Council had to approve anyone from one city department payroll working for another department if the assignment lasted more than 60 days. But...

-- After being found not guilty of stealing city money to take out-of-state trips to visit his girlfriend, former Police Supt. Dick Brzeczek had some rather bizarre statements for the...

There`s a strange recommendation in last week`s report by the Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County. The commission, led by lawyer Jerold Solovy, was appointed by...

An Illinois Supreme Court ruling that judges can impose set prison terms on juvenile delinquents undermines a nearly century-old philosophy that youthful offenders should be rehabilitated rather than punished for...

One success story in the fight against child abuse has been the state`s innovative child-abuse hotline, credited with raising public concern about mistreated children, streamlining methods of reporting abuse and...

Spending cuts of $7.1 million by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services will delay or eliminate some highly touted day-care and child- abuse prevention programs, department officials said...

The bodies of two Elgin teenagers, both shot once in the head, were found lying side by side in an isolated area near Elgin Sunday morning by a man and...

In a blow to the city`s cabdrivers, a federal judge ruled Monday that a Chicago ordinance granting a near-monopoly to the city`s two major taxicab companies does not violate federal...