Joel Hood

Got room for a little squirrel in your weekend plans? A coalition of environmental researchers is asking Chicago-area residents to record sightings of squirrels on a Web site, www.projectsquirrel.org, to...

Jim Farmer knows a good deal when he sees one. Or so he thought. When the Oak Lawn resident stumbled on a plaster and bronze-painted bust of former Chicago Mayor...

A softer side of famed Chicago mobster Al Capone is on display this week as a Boston archives dealer attempts to sell an inscribed copy of an original song penned...

The passersby pulled on and pried at the crushed and burning vehicle's doors, trying to no avail to save the trapped motorists inside. But a second driver who caused the...

For sale: Six-room two-flat in Chicago's Park Manor neighborhood; ornate tile work; impressive brick exterior; an underground cellar big enough to hide some cash or ditch a tommy gun. The...

As a 62-cent federal tax hike on packs of cigarettes hits stores today, lawmakers in Springfield are considering an additional $1 tax over two years that would make Chicago among...

Amy Leichtenberg worried this day would come, and she begged the judicial system to prevent it. In court documents dating back to 2005, she detailed her estranged husband's threats against...

Donations poured in to Marian Catholic High School after it was reported that 300 students with outstanding tuition bills were pulled from classes and about a third of them were...