Jerry Thornton

Stunned family and friends of a Southwest Side man who was shot to death Tuesday afternoon remember him as a quiet man, someone who stayed clear of trouble and spent...

A 14-year-old boy was listed in critical condition Sunday night after he was shot in the head while sitting in the kitchen of a South Side apartment, police said. What...

School work had never been easy for Ronald Moy. A determined young man, he had striven to improve his grade-point average during his senior year at Southern Illinois University. But...

It had happened before. The crowded Woodson School gym echoed with bouncing basketballs, squeaking gym shoes and the good-natured cries of adults and children at play. Then suddenly, there was...

Republican Cook County State`s Atty. Jack O`Malley concentrated Sunday on how to break the Democratic straight-ticket voting that threatens his re-election, while challenger Patrick O`Connor sought to strengthen his weak...

Cabrini-Green residents watched the moving trucks with particular interest on Wednesday. The trucks were supposed to transport them to safer housing within the complex, but some residents feared moving to...

U.S. Senate candidates Carol Moseley Braun and Richard Williamson took divergent approaches in their appeals to voters Sunday. During a speech to some 100 people at a north suburban synagogue,...

After being confined to his West Side home for nearly two days, 11-year-old Edward was able to go out and play Sunday. After a drive-by shooting Friday in the 4400...

It took a judge`s order to get Sheila Jackson`s twin 6-year-olds into kindergarten at Oglesby Elementary School. The Chicago public school system says that`s because the class was overcrowded. But...

A violent storm descended on the metropolitan area Thursday, killing one person, injuring several dozen, and leaving behind toppled walls, roofless houses, overturned sailboats, uprooted trees, and plenty of jangled...