Jerry Shnay

Six newly elected Harvey aldermen took their oaths of office Monday, but Mayor David Johnson`s future remained in doubt as the city appears headed for a new mayoral election. Johnson,...

When the cease-fire began, people cried but couldn`t believe it, cheered but had great doubts, and remained suspicious of Saddam Hussein. ''I heard about it yesterday,'' Sonia Hernandez, 19, of...

Officials in southwest suburban Oak Lawn, battered by criticism last year because of a trustee`s remarks about minorities, said Wednesday they hope a new fair-housing ordinance will help improve the...

The 26 students in Raymond Gibbs` 5th grade class at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Harvey voted Thursday on whether the United States should be fighting Iraq over...

It was the first morning of war, and Barb Hamilton stood in front of her 4th graders wondering what to say. At one desk, a girl with relatives living in...

A state investigative report released Monday suggests that residents of a flood-ravaged subdivision in Highland, Ind., may have to choose between either raising their homes 10 feet or moving out...

Police said Monday that four Park Forest teenagers started a fire that gutted an elementary school in the south suburb and forced the cancellation of classes for at least two...

Cook County Democrats recaptured the sheriff`s office in Tuesday`s election and retained the County Board presidency, but Republican Jack O`Malley won a big victory in the race for state`s attorney....

Democrat Richard Phelan, a Winnetka attorney, took a giant political step Tuesday, handily winning the Cook County Board presidency in his first try for elective office. In addition, Democrat Michael...

Police and prosecutors have set up a 24-hour hot line to gather information about George Riley, a 57-year-old Chicago man who allegedly told authorities he has molested 1,000 children in...