Karen M. Thomas

An estimated 35,000 residents and businesses in Chicago`s western suburbs will have to get along without telephones for the next several days after a major fire in an Illinois Bell...

Chicago-area residents got a dose of true grit Sunday as intense winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour and a severe storm accompanied by tornado warnings blew into the...

Fueled by festering teacher dissatisfaction, a group within the Chicago Teachers Union began organizing supporters Wednesday in its campaign to oust President Jacqueline Vaughn and other union officials. About 50...

A West Side grocer seriously wounded during a weekend holdup attempt carried a .38 caliber revolver to defend a business that earns $400 a month for him and his family,...

Thick fog virtually shut down O`Hare International and Midway Airports Monday, causing havoc for thousands of travelers. Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, and some Chicago-bound planes were diverted...

O`Hare International Airport was effectively shut down for most of Tuesday as a heavy December snow accomplished what the flooding of August couldn`t do. City crews were not able to...

Tenants of a Chicago Housing Authority senior citizens residence voiced concern Sunday about security after the weekend slaying of a 79-year-old man. Lonnie Laws, of 4218 S. Cottage Grove Ave.,...

Besie Smith prayed Sunday for Harold Washington. ''I loved him,'' she said. ''We had him for a little while, and I`m thankful for that. I pray we can carry on...

Thousands of shoppers jammed sections of State Street, Michigan Avenue and dozens of other shopping centers throughout the city and suburbs as the Christmas shopping season began Friday-much to the...

Lake County and local police expressed little doubt Tuesday that a 9-year-old Lake Forest boy died accidentally in the back of his parents` van. But neither Coroner Barbara Richardson nor...