CLINTON CRACKDOWN TO TARGET DISCIPLES
As murder after murder reveals a bloody struggle for control within Chicago's largest street gang, President Clinton on Wednesday will call for a nationwide crackdown on street gangs. In a...
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POLISH GROUP SUES NBC OVER POPE SKIT
A Chicago-based Polish-American group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against NBC subsidiary WMAQ-Ch.5 and the parent company of NBC, General Electric, alleging a comedy skit that aired Oct. 9 on "Late...
EVANSTONIANS SALUTE HOMETOWN HEROES
The partygoers at one of the many Rose Bowl celebrations in Evanston on Monday were not your typical Northwestern University fans. There wasn't a student in the crowd. And not...
THE REACTION
When President Clinton talked Monday night of peace and duty and honor, he struck a chord with Bob and Carol Letson. After watching Clinton plead his case on national television...
YOUNG LIVES HAD BARELY EVEN BEGUN
One had achieved a lifelong dream the night before, becoming an Eagle Scout. Two others, close friends from the neighborhood, couldn't wait to try out this year for the high...
TRIAL BRINGS TO LIGHT INFLAMED RACIAL DIVISIONS PLAGUING AMERICA
Like so many people, Bruce Rosenberg has noticed that there are two O.J. Simpson trials under way. Among his friends, whites think Simpson is guilty. Black friends think he is...
COP, SUSPECT KILLED IN SHOOTOUT
Off duty and out of uniform after a late shift, Chicago Police Officer James O'Connor was leaving a favorite North Side Mexican restaurant with friends early Saturday when he witnessed...
August 1995: Reynolds guilty of child pornography, obstruction, sexual abuse, sexual assault
In the end, Mel Reynolds was convicted by his own words. After hearing 18 days of contradictory testimony from the congressman, his accuser and a whole chorus of confusing voices,...
August 1995: Reynolds guilty of child pornography, obstruction, sexual abuse, sexual assault
In the end, Mel Reynolds was convicted by his own words. After hearing 18 days of contradictory testimony from the congressman, his accuser and a whole chorus of confusing voices,...
COPS SHOW NO FAITH IN HEALER
The steady stream of visitors to his neighbor's two-flat on the Northwest Side indicated to Rev. Oscar Diaz that something terrible must have happened. "People were coming and going at...