Ray Gibson

Nearly three months ago, a Chicago banking executive took what he considered to be an alarming telephone call: a top public official wanted a five-figure campaign contribution and seemed to...

In a move union leaders say will lead to a court fight, the Chicago Housing Authority Thursday began to lay off 63 police officers from the authority's police force. Union...

Cicero town officials are trying to unravel how a private investigator with a criminal background ended up working for the town and how his private detective agency was paid about...

A South Shore Railroad commuter train was cruising past a seamless row of steel mills near Portage, Ind., Thursday when a jolting sight cut the early-morning darkness: a tractor-trailer straddling...

In his day, William A. Hanhardt was known as a Chicago Police Department detective with a knack for solving the toughest murders and a reputation for tapping sources from City...

William A. Russell, a Schaumburg businessman, caught the FBI's interest with a tantalizing offer to ensnare a high-ranking labor union official in corruption, authorities say. Wired with a hidden recorder...

Brian Ballarini, the youngest of four children, grew up amid affluence and wealth. His high school athletic career appeared to hold some promise for the future, especially when he landed...

When the winds howl and the snow begins to pile up faster than plows can get rid of it, that's when veterans of Chicago-area expressways know exactly what to do:...

For more than five years, Hoffman Estates Mayor Michael O'Malley has lived in a bucolic 132-year-old farmhouse. But in all that time, according to the mayor, he hasn't paid a...

Citizen Action of Illinois' annual fundraising dinner at a downtown Chicago hotel last fall was an all-star affair. Two members of Congress were on hand to receive awards. George Stephanopoulos,...