Mary Ann Fergus

For 20 years, Joseph Scheidler has insisted that he and his fellow believers acted peaceably when they blockaded abortion clinics around the country. On Tuesday the tireless zealot won a...

Sarah Hill grew up in a Springfield house with parents, a brother, and "lots of fins, feathers and tails." The new director of the Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin...

A 24 percent jump in Internet sales from last year helped ward off an otherwise lackluster Christmas shopping season for the nation's retailers. Consumers' growing comfort with Internet shopping coupled...

Some philanthropists give millions of dollars to get their names on new hospital wings or academic buildings. In Mt. Prospect, the donations of a few businessmen will be used for...

After determining that safety gates at an Elmwood Park railroad crossing appeared to be working properly, federal investigators on Thursday suggested that a crash between a Metra train and several...

Rosemary Krause, 73, has read everything she can find about Medicare's new prescription drug program. She's talked to friends, attended presentations, and still, the former sales secretary confesses, she's confused....

A Chicago Fire Department battalion chief whose truck allegedly struck a man who was changing a tire along the Kennedy Expressway was charged Tuesday with aggravated driving under the influence...

Chicago had its cows; Arlington Heights has its ponies and Downstate Bloomington has its decorated fiberglass stalks of corn. Now artists in Mt. Prospect have put paint--and assorted other materials--to...

Best-selling writer John Grisham and his wife usually keep their charitable donations private. But they have decided to publicize their $5 million contribution to establish a relief fund to help...

Former First Lady Barbara Bush, who toured the Astrodome and met hurricane evacuees Monday in Houston, may have tried to put too cheerful a spin on what has occurred in...