Michael Higgins

Only days before the opening of the Democratic National Convention, President Clinton urged Americans on Thursday to throw no political stones at Vice President Al Gore for the Oval Office...

In Tucson, Ariz., a 15-year-old girl died from asphyxiation in 1998 after being pinned face-down by two workers at a youth psychiatric center. In Chula Vista, Calif., a 16-year-old girl...

Police Supt. Terry Hillard today said he would grant a full honors funeral to the police sergeant who died in a scuba-diving exercise Friday, overruling an earlier decision not to...

Talks between Richard Duchossois and Churchill Downs Inc. over the acquisition of Arlington International Racecourse are prompting concerns from some election-year lawmakers over whether they helped Duchossois reopen the racecourse...

Lights remained out Saturday for about 8,000 Commonwealth Edison customers in the north and northwest suburbs, but the utility said most of them would have power restored by early Sunday....

A judge whose comments about a witness in a murder case led to a mistrial was ordered transferred Friday out of the Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County Circuit Court....

Emerald Casino Inc. won the Rosemont Zoning Board of Appeals' support for two zoning changes Tuesday, but it won't do the casino builder much good for now. Joe McQuaid, vice...

The Village of Mt. Prospect appears headed to trial again to defend itself against claims of ethnic discrimination, after settlement talks Wednesday failed to resolve a police officer's lawsuit. Village...

Groups fighting over the future of Illinois' new gambling law and a planned casino in Rosemont lost yet another judge Thursday when Lake County Circuit Judge Charles Scott said he...

Lake County Circuit Judge John R. Goshgarian began serving a three-month suspension without pay Friday after recently admitting he badgered a juror and made crude comments about another judge. All...