Mickey Ciokajlo

Despite a legal setback, the head of the union representing about 160 state workers at a juvenile detention center near St. Charles vowed Wednesday that his group would press lawmakers...

Stymied by state regulators and struggling to recoup its investment, Emerald Casino was sued Monday by contractors hired to build the gaming complex in Rosemont who say they are owed...

Accused last week of initiating sexual contact with students he taught at a Chicago high school, well-known gospel composer Keith Hampton on Monday lost some of the high-profile posts he...

When paramedics found Louis Schustik in his Woodstock home earlier this month, the 94-year-old man apparently had been lying in bed, unattended, for so long that bones had poked through...

Roland Burris may have finished dead last Tuesday in the Democratic primary for governor, but at least he's used to it. A genial man with an aversion to French fries,...

The maternal grandparents of an 18-month-old Streamwood boy, whose parents are charged with starving him to death, claimed the child's body Wednesday, five days after he died. But mysteries surrounding...

With the ink barely dry on the deal to expand O'Hare International Airport, the mayor of Wood Dale, a longtime opponent of expansion, said that support may be declining for...

At Channing Memorial Elementary School in Elgin, many pupils failed to meet standards on the state's achievement tests this year, but educators there are celebrating a different measure of success....

At Channing Memorial Elementary School in Elgin, many pupils failed to meet standards on the state's achievement tests this year, but educators there are celebrating a different measure of success....