Jerry Thornton

About 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Romail Rosario was drinking coffee in her kitchen when she saw a shadow pass by her second-floor window. She looked out and saw a child bleeding...

In the drizzle of Easter Sunday morning, Chicagoans Robert and Gayle Hoppe silently watched the activity unfold around the Kinzie Street bridge, where two tunnel shafts, some heavy construction equipment...

The nationally televised hearings pitting Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas against Anita Hill in a case of alleged sexual harassment have evoked a wide swath of emotions from blacks, ranging...

More than 30 people, including several children, were injured Wednesday when a bus returning from a field trip flipped onto one of its sides in a traffic accident. No children...

Four men were killed and four others seriously injured Sunday and Monday in several unrelated shootings and violent attacks on the South Side, police said. The latest attack occurred around...

If you`re in Chicago at noon Friday, you can salute the World Champion Chicago Bulls at the Petrillo Music Shell. Or you can walk a couple blocks west and join...

Mayor Richard Daley showed off his broad political coattails Tuesday and launched himself toward re-election as his citywide Democratic primary slate and some favored aldermen swept to victory despite widespread...

Last August, members of several West Side organizations and agencies retreated to a workshop in Woodstock to discuss the mutual problems and concerns over drugs that plagued their area. ''It...

When Dave Dyer was finished, the election judges applauded and Dyer pretended to wipe sweat from his brow. It had taken 45 minutes for him to win the battle of...

One person was killed and three other people were injured Sunday night in a two-car accident on the South Side, authorities said. In an accident Saturday evening, Democratic Illinois Appellate...