Peter Kendall

Christmas shoppers jammed city and suburban stores Friday with attitudes ranging from wary and worried to ''fat city'' and near abandon. ''We never had such a large volume of people...

Seeking to take advantage of the lingering sting of recent property tax bills, two political candidates whipped up a little taxpayer anger at a pair of unrelated anti-tax rallies Tuesday...

A Morgan Park infant was killed Wednesday night when she was attacked by a neighbor`s dog which police described as a pit bull terrier. The 6-month-old girl, Tionna Kenny, of...

Chicago Police Supt. LeRoy Martin struck back at criticism of his gang crimes unit commander Friday, saying the charges by Hispanics against the black police officer were racially motivated. Martin...

Like most people who must officiate over the somber ending of something that had once been beautiful, Rev. Francis A. Cimarrusti tried during Mass Saturday to talk of the beginnings...

Three north suburban residents were presumed drowned after they were bounced out of a high-performance speedboat Saturday evening when it hit a wave on Lake Michigan about 1 mile east...

An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot to death near his North Side home Thursday night when he confronted a man tampering with a neighbor`s car, authorities said. After an...

An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot and killed near his North Side home Thursday night when he confronted a man tampering with his car, authorities said. Police arrested ''a...

As a lifelong community activist helping the disadvantaged, 64-year-old Illinois Daggett has spent much of her life on the fringes of society. ''My mother fears nothing at all,'' said one...

An explosion ripped through a South Side resale shop Thursday evening, blowing out walls, shattering nearby windows and injuring six people, authorities said. The force of the blast at 7411...