Jerry Crimmins

Twenty-seven years ago, a writer described George W. Dunne as a ''slim, soft-spoken man who moves like a poker player holding four aces.'' During his 34-year career in public office...

A large fire gutted an employee`s house and temporarily threatened horses and antique carriages Tuesday night on the Barrington Hills estate of Richard Duchossois, owner of Arlington International Racecourse. Duchossois...

A woman who was employed as a speech teacher for disabled students in the Chicago public schools for almost two years is an impostor who had been using the identity...

Chicago police cracked down on scalpers, unlicensed vendors, people drinking on the street and people who parked illegally Monday night around Wrigley Field. Cmdr. Robert Dart, who supervised a special...

A United Airlines pilot knelt on the floor of the cockpit of stricken Flight 232 and maneuvered the plane`s throttles to keep it aloft, federal investigators said Friday. The emergency...

Ten people were killed in traffic accidents in Cook County, five of them while riding motorcycles, during the 4th of July weekend from Friday night through Tuesday night, authorities said....

A Chicago police officer apparently shot and wounded one man Friday evening and injured a second man in a scuffle on the South Side. Police said the officer was attacked...

Three people were killed and three others injured Tuesday night in a head-on collision on Int. Hwy. 57 near 108th Street that apparently occurred when a car crossed the highway...

A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 28-year-old man from an ice floe in Lake Michigan near Waukegan Tuesday after two teenagers walking on the beach noticed the stranded man...