John Biemer

With tears streaming down his face, James Ventrice gave voice to a question haunting many who survived the Tuesday evening tornado that claimed eight lives here. "At my age, I...

During his tenure as a state lawmaker, which began in the mid-1950s, Anthony Scariano banded with a small group of independent Democrats who practiced what they called common-sense liberalism as...

DuPage County expects to mail 309,765 real estate tax bills on April 27, Treasurer John Lotus Novak announced Wednesday. Property tax bills for 2003 are due in two installments, although...

For the third time in a month, a Metra commuter train struck and killed a youth walking on railroad tracks Wednesday, prompting the agency to embark on a media campaign...

Former Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling has an inspiring personal story: He's a former fighter pilot who met Sen. John McCain "tapping through a thick wall" at a prison...

The steeples of St. Hyacinth tower high over the roofs of houses in the Logan Square-Avondale neighborhood. Now, with the church's recent elevation to basilica, it holds as lofty a...

A ruptured water main in Lincoln Park that resembles a pipe fracture on Lake Shore Drive last year had city officials searching for answers Monday and crews working to mend...

Tens of thousands of Thanksgiving holiday passengers moved smoothly and swiftly through security and check-in lines at Chicago's two major airports Wednesday as savvy travelers spread their departure dates throughout...

Two hours before a four-alarm fire ravaged a North Side apartment building killing one and injuring 10 early Wednesday morning, Jeremy Brizzi was watching "The Godfather" with a friend surrounded...

Racial profiling is nothing new, but the belief that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks two years ago fostered more profiling, and more widespread public acceptance of it, is bringing together...