Jack Houston

Hales Franciscan High School, threatened with closure at the end of the 1988-89 school year, will stay open under a plan calling for infusion of $50,000 a year by the...

Chicago`s two leading Democratic mayoral primary contenders found themselves in defensive postures Wednesday over the often controversial methods politicians use to raise campaign funds. Cook County State`s Atty. Richard M....

Neither the election code nor case law prohibits those who signed or circulated a candidate`s nominating petitions for the upcoming primary from also signing that candidate`s petitions should he seek...

Drug kingpin Jack Farmer, once one of the nation`s most wanted fugitives, was convicted Friday of operating a cocaine ring that financed its operations by committing Chicago-area home invasions and...

Two youths were accidentally shot and wounded in separate incidents at two Chicago high schools Friday, according to police and school officials. The shootings, which occurred about an hour apart,...

A 1-year-old child died and four other people, including the toddler`s pregnant mother and older brother, were injured Tuesday when a kitchen fire swept the top floor of their Near...

The Chicago Cable Commission ruled Thursday that a local affiliate of the cable television giant Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) violated its contract with the City of Chicago by failing to submit...

An ex-marine awarded a record $5 million for the loss of his forearm in a train injury said Tuesday he hopes to share the windfall with the person who saved...

Chicago Teachers Union President Jacqueline Vaughn Tuesday renewed a vow to vigorously oppose sweeping legislation to improve Chicago Public Schools because of changes made by Gov. James Thompson in seniority...

About 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Clem Henderson walked into a lumber yard on the Near West Side, looking for a job as an armed security guard. The owners weren`t around, employees...