Jerry Thornton

A $100,000 bond was set Monday for Booker L. Gordon, a bailiff in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, who is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly...

At that meeting, Lambesis asked for $1,500 to be paid to his private investigations firm, Integrity Investigations. Of the $1,500, $1,000--''a dime''--allegedly was for Finley and $500--''a nickel''--for Lambesis, the...

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Morgan Finley and former mayoral aide Clarence McClain were indicted Thursday with seven other people on charges of accepting a total of $255,600 in cash...

The sport of skyboxing returned to Soldier Field Sunday, with the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Park District taking the gloves off for another round. The two sides continued their...

This weekend is a very big one on the South Side. At 10 a.m. Saturday, the 57th annual Bud Billiken parade will began at the intersection of Oakwood Boulevard and...

U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D., Ill.) said Sunday that he would support a new Democratic nominee for governor over third-party candidate Adlai Stevenson and called Stevenson`s campaign so far ''very...

The Chicago School Finance Authority approved a three-year financial plan Wednesday submitted by the Chicago Board of Education that projects a $27 million deficit for fiscal 1987. ''It was not...

Faced with a potential $150 million deficit in the city`s 1986 budget and continued recalcitrance in the Chicago City Council, Mayor Harold Washington`s administration Tuesday threatened to lay off more...

Judy Koehler had a quartet, called Wine and Roses, for her victory party Tuesday night, but a convention of psychiatrists kept the musicians silent for most of the evening. It...

A hot line for students to report sexual abuse by teachers or other school employees is being set up by a former Chicago public school teacher who says she quit...