John Gorman

A 24-year-old man, who claimed he was adrift on Lake Michigan for about a week on a small air mattress, was recovered 17 miles off the Wilmette shore Wednesday. Although...

Three high-ranking former First National Bank of Chicago executives were charged Wednesday with operating a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme involving local real estate developers and a former city official. Former senior...

Two multimillion dollar lawsuits were filed Monday, accusing four Chicago police officers of brutalizing citizens in two separate incidents last year. The four have been accused of excessive force in...

Chicago police and federal authorities on Thursday announced separate seizures of weapons, which included hand grenades, automatic rifles and 133 handguns, from city areas. Four men, including two Japanese citizens,...

In late January 1989, Alexander Cooper, an alleged South Side drug boss, and one of his top drug peddlers beat an inebriated Robert Parker because they suspected he was a...

A Schaumburg woman was portrayed in an affidavit filed by federal agents Tuesday as a major player in a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring involving a Chicago street gang. The drug ring...

A small but powerful group of men operating out of one of Chicago`s oldest political fraternities reached into the chambers of city, county and state government to fix murder cases,...

A coalition of Latino community groups and the League of Women Voters of Chicago filed a federal suit Thursday to delay the Chicago aldermanic elections next year until ward maps...

The Bulls and WGN-Ch. 9 filed suit in federal court Friday against the National Basketball Association over the league`s restrictions on superstation telecasts. Charles Sennet, attorney for Tribune Co., the...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. filed suit for $20 million Friday against Laurence Miller, the deposed chairman and chief executive officer of failed Lyons Federal Trust and Savings Bank. The...