Nancy Ryan

The barber will put his scissors down on Wednesday afternoon and prepare to cross himself. He will peer out past the house plants against the window of his shop, out...

There's probably not a ghost of a chance that the day will ever be declared an official holiday, even in a nation that seems to empty out its schools for...

Politicians promise to do a lot of things if they're elected. Cut taxes. Fight crime. Improve schools. Very few promise that, if elected, they will fly. But that's exactly what...

The only wailing louder than the police sirens in the latest radio ad for Democratic congressional candidate Rod Blagojevich comes from the camp of Republican U.S. Rep. Michael P. Flanagan....

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dick Durbin's tempered salvos in early TV ads were replaced Wednesday in new commercials peppered with assaults designed to portray Republican opponent Al Salvi as a...

For many parents, it sits like a beast in the living room, asking for a fight or waiting to devour the minds of impressionable members of the household. It's the...

Dozens of communities were drenched by the stubborn cloudbursts that swamped the Chicago area Wednesday and Thursday. Aurora got the worst of it. The storms dumped 16.91 inches of water...

Mayor Richard Daley pitched a plan Wednesday for development at the northeastern edge of O'Hare International Airport much the same way gaming companies pitch plans for floating casinos. Emphasizing new...

It's checkout time at a major, downtown hotel and several dozen out-of-town entrepreneurs--here for the latest show at McCormick Place--are waiting impatiently to settle up their bills while a busload...

For 23 years, Delores Moody ran the first-floor reading room at the Chicago Housing Authority's Harold L. Ickes high-rise at 24th and State Streets--keeping the shelves in order, replacing dog-eared...