Robert Becker

The drowning of an 11-year-old boy off Montrose Wilson beach on Tuesday night was not related to depressions in the lake floor created by the D-Day re-enactment, a Chicago Park...

Scores of demonstrators swarmed around five downtown construction sites on Thursday, demanding increased African-American hiring and promising to keep the pressure on until they get what they want. "It's a...

The trenches and camouflage netting looked real enough. And the scruffy German troops, laden with rifles or lugging machine guns, appeared suitably menacing. But there was no getting around the...

Two Milwaukee police officers have been arrested in connection with a shooting spree that began on the Gold Coast and ended with the death of a Lincoln Square tavern bouncer,...

A federal grand jury has indicted John R. Johnson Jr., 57, former president of the independent Chicago Truck Drivers Union on 15 counts of corruption ranging from labor racketeering to...

A woman operating a travel promotion business out of her home was arrested on charges of wire fraud and mail fraud last week. Thelma Gist, 54, of 16148 S. Honore...

Residents and officials of Elgin Township were outraged last fall when former Supervisor David J. Reinert confessed to embezzling at least $557,000 in state and federal monies during his 23...

An 18-year-old woman severely injured in a car crash Friday night died from her injuries Saturday morning. Sara A. Polito, of the 1600 block of Kirby Court, Naperville, died from...

A 20-year-old Bloomingdale man drowned in a Wisconsin lake over the weekend after his snowmobile apparently broke through the ice. Rescue workers found the body of Erik J. Gunderson in...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to prevent the Boy Scouts of America from excluding boys who refuse to profess a belief in God. The justices, without comment, turned down...