Michael Kates

The two U.S. Senate candidates Thursday agreed to a debate schedule and appeared separately before the same group to advance their views on economic policy. Representatives for Democrat Carol Moseley...

Four people were found bound, gagged and executed by gunshots to the back of the head Tuesday evening in what police described as a ''drug house'' on the West Side....

A 15-hour standoff between police and a Chicago Heights man ended early Saturday after a police SWAT team stormed the house in which the man had barricaded himself and found...

Gov. Jim Edgar had been on the fairgrounds for 15 minutes, but it was more than enough time to inject politics into the Illinois State Fair. Edgar, speaking to county...

Those who complained that the Chicago Bulls and their fans were complacent during this year`s championship playoffs got their comeuppance Sunday night. If what led to the Bulls` winning the...

The mood of celebration on Chicago streets was marred by tension Sunday night as looting and violence hit pockets across the city. Much of the violence appeared to be concentrated...

A handgun that authorities say a 12-year-old boy pointed at a police officer who then shot him to death in a South Side alley did not reveal any fingerprints from...

Everybody knows Mike. Everybody roots for Mike. Everybody wants to be like Mike. Now who wants to talk about Jeremy, Jocelyn and Igor? In a city obsessed with the Chicago...

It was the perfect wedding gift: two tickets to the young couple`s idea of paradise, Friday night`s Guns N` Roses concert at the Rosemont Horizon. But the controversial Los Angeles...

More than 1,000 gay and lesbian activists, concerned residents and city officials marched through the North Side on Thursday night to honor a gay bartender slain 15 years ago and...