Robert Becker

The ripple effect of President Clinton's troubles may hit Illinois' senior senator where it hurts--in the campaign pocketbook. U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) said Monday that she thought the House...

A 14-year-old intensive-care patient died Thursday at Cook County Hospital after a fire started in his bed while a doctor and nurse treated him. The fire began about 4 p.m....

A Cook County judge on Wednesday ended the long-standing--and lucrative--practice of issuing "alternative" traffic citations, or "P-tickets," leaving suburban officials worried about lost revenue as they face a potentially whopping...

As health inspectors Thursday combed for more clues at an Orland Park catering business linked to 2,300 reported food-poisoning cases, the number of plaintiffs against the vendor continued to mount...

Exactly two years ago , a gang member pointed a 9mm semiautomatic Bryco 59 at Andrew Young as he sat in his car in rush-hour traffic at a stoplight at...

Marking the first time that an Illinois judge has faced formal disciplinary charges of sexual misconduct, a state agency accused a Cook County judge Tuesday of engaging in a wide...

Seven weeks ago Alonzo Spellman stormed out of a meeting in coach Dave Wannstedt's office, enraged at the prospect of being traded. Then he threatened to retire. Thursday night, for...

Under pressure from legislators and an outraged public, the state's second-largest public pension fund grounded its globe-trotting trustees Wednesday, eliminating foreign trips and restricting the number of travelers to domestic...

Declaring his court would not be used for "a fishing expedition," Cook County Circuit Judge Francis Barth tossed out a lawsuit alleging state Comptroller Loleta Didrickson used more than $100,000...

While conducting a routine audit last week, South Barrington Park District staffers made a surprising discovery: The district's coffers were missing $9,700. When they investigated further, alarm bells went off....