Michael Martinez

It is not exactly one generation`s dirty little secret. It`s more like a little smoke seeping from the closet. For the second time, a Supreme Court nominee has acknowledged trying...

Chicago police on Saturday were trying to determine whether an Elmhurst landlady found stabbed to death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood had encountered trouble with tenants there who owed back...

In a noisy corner of Grant Park on Saturday, a group of silent strangers stood unified by an experience unthinkable until it finally struck-the killing of a loved one. For...

A 37-year-old Harvey woman said Saturday that faith in God enabled her to defiantly survive for eight days in a car trunk after she was raped, slashed with a razor...

Big-city spending to get elected to local office still seems a long way off for politicians in Du Page and Kane Counties, according to the sparse number of political committees...

In what has become a genteel election contest, the sole challenger to three incumbent village trustees in Willowbrook concedes that he`s having trouble finding urgent issues to campaign on. ''There...

When the cease-fire began, people cried but couldn`t believe it, cheered but had great doubts, and remained suspicious of Saddam Hussein. ''I heard about it yesterday,'' Sonia Hernandez, 19, of...

None of the excuses given by others for low voter turnout in Tuesday`s primary-the war, talk of recession, even the occasional snow flurries that fell in some towns-could keep Minnie...

In a move likely to complicate his efforts to extend the state`s temporary income tax surcharge, Gov. Jim Edgar said Thursday that some of the tax revenue now earmarked for...

Bus fares for eight suburban express routes would be increased by 25 to 50 cents under a staff recommendation to the Pace board of directors. Mindy LaFlamme, a spokeswoman for...