John McCarron

The Chicago Bears football team has signed a contract to purchase 500 acres in north central Du Page County as the possible location for a new football stadium, a source...

Construction continued Tuesday on the McCormick Place annex project, but contractors warned that costly delays and mistakes will occur soon unless the absent electrical contractor returns to work. Also Tuesday,...

Gov. James Thompson formally announced Friday the release of $35 million in ''Build Illinois'' funds for Chicago, and despite earlier criticism over his deferment of some city projects, the governor...

Gov. James Thompson formally announced Friday the release of $35 million in ''Build Illinois'' funds for Chicago, and promptly received a warm reception from Mayor Harold Washington at a chilly...

Gov. James Thompson suggested Wednesday that a horse racing track be included in a domed stadium complex envisioned for Chicago. But would-be stadium developers disagreed over whether a track-stadium combination...

If the Chicago White Sox go through with a tentative proposal to build a new, domed stadium in west suburban Addison, the stadium could mean 1,321 new jobs in Du...

The McCormick Place board took a first step Monday toward suspending work on its partially completed annex hall by ordering its construction managers to draft a shutdown plan to be...

The McCormick Place board voted Monday to delay shutting down the exhibition center`s expansion project for one more week in the hope that the stalemated legislature will come up with...

Mayor Harold Washington has told a small group of business leaders that he does not support their quiet effort to revive the 1992 World`s Fair, saying the exposition would detract...

Construction work on the McCormick Place expansion project will start slowing down in two week`s time unless the state legislature provides more funds, the board that governs the convention center...