R. Bruce Dold

The night had been a sleepless one for George Dempsey. The Southwest Side man pulled himself out of bed and into his wheelchair Sunday morning wondering if the day would...

Rev. James McLoughlin Rev. James McLoughlin, 45, pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in Geneva, was the most visible of the Chicago-area hostages during the 17-day ordeal. Early on, he...

The state legislature was thrown into a frenzy Saturday by traditional last-minute political posturing when House Speaker Michael Madigan vowed to kill Gov. James Thompson`s ''Build Illinois'' public-works program. Madigan`s...

Rejecting arguments of Big Brotherism, the Illinois House narrowly defeated a bill Tuesday that would have struck down the state`s controversial mandatory seat belt law. Less than a week before...

The Cubs made progress in Springfield Thursday afternoon in their attempt to get lights for home games, but were a bust during a meeting Thursday night in Chicago. In Springfield,...

''I`m sitting here kind of stunned and sick,'' Kathleen Flanagan said Tuesday night after watching President Reagan`s nationally televised press conference. ''I just don`t want to see my father be...

When Rev. James McLoughlin`s brothers and sisters saw a letter from the hostages flashed on the television screen over the weekend, they were not surprised that the handwriting was his....

Ken Anderson, 62, a superintendent at an Elmhurst construction firm, is an amiable man who values his privacy, according to neighbors and coworkers. ''I miss him,'' said Ambrose Bentele, 76,...

A 7-year-old girl remained in critical condition Monday as the only survivor of a Lake County auto crash that killed four members of her family and another person. Melissa Boni...

President Reagan`s tax-reform proposal to eliminate the deduction of state and local taxes on federal income tax forms and end the tax break for many municipal bonds is likely to...