Michael Lev

Chicago newspaper columnist Dorsey Connors on Wednesday was talking about her long-missing daughter Stephanie Anne Lyng. For once in the 15 years that she has lived a nightmare of not...

Riverboat gambling interests raised the corporate stakes in Elgin and Joliet on Wednesday, while a newly formed lobbying group representing those interests vowed to do whatever it takes to kill...

Here`s another story to be filed under ''Elgin, War Stories.'' Or perhaps just ''Darn Lucky.'' For the second time in seven months, an unsuspecting resident of Elgin has found a...

Eight days ago, just outside the Dirksen Federal Building courtroom where a jury had been picked in Jeffrey Erickson`s bank-robbery trial, his mother, June, pulled her son`s attorney to the...

David Charlson, suddenly the former Illinois campaign manager for Ross Perot, wasn`t in a good mood Thursday after hearing of his decision to quit the presidential race. ''I`m angry,'' Charlson...

Dennis Sadowski`s official sendoff had a certain morbid flair. The city sent a car for him Wednesday afternoon, delivering the 18-year city employee to City Hall from his office two...

In the drizzle of Easter Sunday morning, Chicagoans Robert and Gayle Hoppe silently watched the activity unfold around the Kinzie Street bridge, where two tunnel shafts, some heavy construction equipment...

Loop basements will remain flooded for at least 15 more days, mainly because city and federal officials Thursday backed away from a proposal to drain downtown basements through a jury-rigged...