Patrick Reardon

In June, 1983, just two months after he had been elected mayor, Harold Washington vowed to make an example of Illinois Scrap Processing Co. and to try to cancel the...

In the evening, there is revelry. In the morning, the head throbs, the throat is raw and the calves of the legs ache with the pain of many walked miles....

After driving all night from Chicago to New Orleans, suburban computer salesman Don Vanover was explaining how he spent his Thursday morning. ''First we showered,'' he said, standing on the...

Federal authorities are investigating whether Washington administration officials tried to delay awarding a lucrative contract to Datacom Services Corp. in order to favor a firm for which an FBI informant...

The chance to combine lavish entertaining with a ticket to one of the world`s premiere sporting events is proving to be an irresistible lure for many of the nation`s top...

Soon this city`s hotels will be bulging with Super Bowl revelers, but Floyd Tayloe does not care. He will be traveling to New Orleans inside his own accommodations. Tayloe will...

But Raymond`s scam apparently scared Bussard, because he detailed the transactions in a hand-written note that he left with his wife, Patricia, shortly before he went to Chicago on company...

In 1979, Michael Raymond, a con man about to be sentenced for bilking some European investors out of $1 million, walked into the office of New York federal prosecutor John...

In 1979, Michael Raymond, a con man about to be sentenced for bilking some European investors out of $1 million, walked into the office of New York federal prosecutor John...

A Chicago police officer who was also a Democratic Party precinct worker was shot to death as he slept Thursday morning in his Northwest Side home. Homicide investigators were questioning...