Lara Weber

Community concerns that the city might close the Town Hall police station in Lakeview sparked resident Lee Neubecker to organize a rally in support of the police branch, even as...

As campus police investigated racial epithets found scrawled in a Northwestern University dormitory, members of student government blasted the school's efforts to combat hate crimes. A list of grievances approved...

Seventeen years ago, Oakland Realtor Oral Lee Brown promised 23 1st graders that she would pay for their college education if they finished high school. On Sunday, she'll be on...

"CC" is fast becoming the most dangerous letter combination in the business world. Scott Stratten recalls the day the president of his company e-mailed 70 employees about a planned meeting....

Chicago's annual Blues Festival--at Grant Park through Sunday--is just one of the more high-profile events on the city's rich blues scene. With enough history to keep music lovers constantly uncovering...

Immigration authorities on Thursday began taking online applications for work permits and to renew or replace green cards, an effort to end their reputation for grueling waits at field offices....

Minority- and female-owned businesses have garnered more than $140 million in contracts for the overhaul of Soldier Field, surpassing the goal of funneling $135 million to such companies during the...

There is no chance Meigs Field will reopen as an airport, and thus no need to block the city from doing work to prepare it for a park site, lawyers...

Sony Corp. unveiled in Tokyo on Wednesday a "crossover" PlayStation 2 video game console with a built-in DVD recorder and hard drive for storing data. The beefed-up "PSX" will go...

Student loan interest rates will drop to their lowest levels ever this summer, the Education Department announced Wednesday. On July 1, federal student loan interest rates will fall from 4.06...