Joseph Kirby

Eight white men have been charged with multiple counts of assault, battery and ethnic intimidation after an attack on five black teenagers in a West Side neighborhood. The victims, age...

The operator of a Mt. Prospect gun shop is seeking to open a similar business with a firing range in Arlington Heights, despite a ban on shooting galleries in the...

When Dave Dyer was finished, the election judges applauded and Dyer pretended to wipe sweat from his brow. It had taken 45 minutes for him to win the battle of...

Chicago Schools Supt. Ted Kimbrough has proposed lengthening the school day and year, but the plan could cost as much as $700 million, raising concern over who would pay for...

The new Harold Washington Library Center, scheduled for completion next September, will house a collection of works by 55 artists, the majority of them Chicagoans, the city`s Public Art Committee...

It was an almost unbearable Sunday afternoon for hometown football fans: Their beloved Chicago Bears got the weekend off and fans got the blues. Things were so tough for some...

Nearly 90 people staying at three downtown hotels were taken by Fire Department ambulances to at least 15 area hospitals Monday night complaining of symptoms similar to food poisoning. Five...