Jack Houston

When the invading water finally reached the door at 811 Hillside Ave. in Elmhurst late Saturday, it encountered a home ready for a fight. Field-trained at an aunt`s house during...

Developer Daniel Levin, the new court-appointed receiver for the Chicago Housing Authority`s bankrupt scattered-site construction program, has told court officials that it could cost nearly $15 million to manage the...

A body found in a car in a pond in south Wheaton was positively identified Saturday as that of Carole Pappas, wife of former Cubs pitcher Milt Pappas. She had...

Thirty people were recovering Thursday from injuries sustained when lightning struck the exit of a crowded Chicago Heights park just after a basketball tournament was called off because of rain....

Illinois officials are seeking to suspend the dental license of Dr. Cannutte Russell, president of the Chicago Public Library board, because of a tax dispute involving a failed business venture....

One of the owners of a Southeast Side hotel where two people died in a fire early Wednesday--a hotel that has been cited by the city for many building code...

Three children were killed in two South Side fires Tuesday, including a 2-year-old boy who died in a blaze that started when his brother lighted two illegal bottle rockets indoors,...

Chicago voters, said by some to have been energized by the unexpected withdrawal of Thomas Hynes from the mayoral race, turned out under a sunny sky Tuesday to declare their...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, suggesting that his political future may parallel that of Mayor Harold Washington, said Saturday that ''encouragement continues to grow'' that he again seek the presidency. Jackson said...

A preliminary hearing Friday into charges that Ald. Wallace Davis (27th) pistol-whipped a former woman employee who had been interviewed by federal investigators was continued to March 13. Associate Criminal...