Ray Gibson

Races so close that the outcome still was unclear Wednesday left the northwest suburban village of Streamwood awaiting a recount and Mayor John Rita of south suburban Blue Island subdued...

With few exceptions, voters in suburban Cook County opted for the status quo in Tuesday`s mayoral elections, returning incumbents to office by generally comfortable margins. That left the incumbents, such...

After cresting at its third-highest level in history Friday, the bloated Illinois River began creeping back to its banks, leaving its victims wondering aloud how many weeks it would be...

Mayor Harold Washington, still fuming over having been secretly taped by James ''Skip'' Burrell, found himself only 12 feet away from the 3d Ward aldermanic candidate Saturday afternoon. On Thursday,...

A former Chicago police officer who was arrested Monday outside a burglarized jewelry store is cooperating with authorities and testified Wednesday before a Cook County grand jury investigating the $100,000...

A former Chicago police officer and two current patrolmen were being questioned Monday in the investigation of an early morning burglary of a Pilsen jewelry store. Top police officials were...

FORMER MAYOR Jane Byrne said Thursday that Edward Vrdolyak, Cook County Democratic chairman, offered her a job and help in erasing her campaign debt if she agreed not to run...