John Gorman

Edward Murnane, newly appointed regional administrator of the Small Business Administration here, sought protection in bankruptcy proceedings in 1983 when his own small business, a publicity firm, could not pay...

The FBI has kept two undercover agents on the trading floors of Chicago exchanges in a highly unusual move to tape-record traders reacting to waves of subpoenas in the biggest...

Drug kingpin Jack Farmer, once one of the nation`s most wanted fugitives, was convicted Friday of operating a cocaine ring that financed its operations by committing Chicago-area home invasions and...

Sports agent David Lueddeke pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to lying to a grand jury about payoffs he made to Ohio State All-American Cris Carter. Meanwhile, lawyers for two...

The company that abruptly closed down its operations at the Chicago Theatre last Friday owes $2.4 million to creditors and has assets of only $125,000, according to documents filed Thursday...

A search was underway late Friday for 22-year-old John Cappas, reputed leader of a multimillion-dollar Chicago area cocaine ring who disappeared after he and 17 others were indicted on federal...

John Lytle, a former Continental Bank vice president, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Tuesday by a federal judge who chastised him for living ''a life way out...

Donald P. Kelly, the feisty chairman of Beatrice Co. who wrested back control of the operation in one of the largest leveraged buyouts in U.S. corporate history, will resign Oct....

Despite a just-ended U.S. District Court trial involving a Lyons strip joint, it seems that little has changed in the western suburb`s steamy image. During testimony in the four-week trial...

The widow of Rene Villarreal, a suspected drug dealer who was found shot to death after the federal government seized his property, petitioned U.S. District Court Thursday for the return...