Jerry Thornton

Every morning at 6, Anthony Mojica's mother drops him off at 2612 W. Cortez St. on her way to work. Anthony watches TV and waits for a couple of hours...

A 17-year-old boy was struck by a car and killed in a gas station while putting air into a car tire Saturday, police said. Chris Harris, of the 1000 block...

Chicago's public schools may finally open their doors for the first day of classes on Wednesday. In an act some characterized as unprecedented court involvement in state matters, a federal...

A 22-year-old woman who was shot in the head during a weekend robbery outside a South Side automated-teller machine died Tuesday morning, and a 35-year-old man was charged with her...

Last year, after the Chicago Bulls won their second NBA title, an exasperated Mayor Richard Daley surveyed the damage that struck the city from tony Michigan Avenue to the most...

A historic downpour flooded parts of the Far South Side and south and southwest suburbs Monday afternoon, leaving streets awash in up to 4 feet of water, shutting down parts...

A school bus company supervisor, filling in for an absent driver, struck and killed an 8-year-old Little Village girl Thursday and then continued on his route, police said. Maria Carmen...

At 15, Nicole Loza was a mother and a child. And early Sunday, she became the most recent victim in a spate of gang violence that police worry will only...

The body of a 32-year-old Near North Side woman was found Sunday afternoon in the rear of her Jeep Cherokee three blocks from the woman's home, police said. Shelly A....

Battered by recession and weary of Washington politicians with pockets full of promises, Chicago area residents said Wednesday night they would nevertheless give President Clinton a chance to resolve the...