Robert Mitchum

A new era in mass transit dawned in Illinois Monday as senior citizens climbed aboard buses and trains for free, an event that transit agencies took in stride and riders...

The federal investigation into a prostitution ring that reportedly has ensnared New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer also uncovered an alleged encounter between a prostitute and an unnamed client in Chicago,...

Services for Cpl. Albert Bitton, a 20-year-old Chicago Army medic who died last week in Iraq, have been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at a Chicago synagogue, his family said. A...

About 15 minutes were left in Geology 104: Introduction to Ocean Science, and junior Dan Sweeney was checking the time when the door beneath the lecture hall's clock flew open....

Buckingham Fountain, the landmark centerpiece of Grant Park's lakefront landscape, may be hidden under a tent as soon as September after the Chicago Park District approved a $25 million, several-month-long...

When Christine Mikel stepped into the emergency room Tuesday cradling her fractured elbow, she found she had plenty of company. Four other women who had taken spills on the ice...

While local drivers celebrated a brief respite from snow on Thursday, they still were forced to swerve and dodge around another familiar roadway hazard: the tire-popping, axle-bending, occasionally car-swallowing pothole....

Every weekday morning, Deborah Green would drop off her 22-month-old son, Darjon Taylor, at Porter's Playhouse, a day-care center on Chicago's South Side. Every afternoon, she would pick up Darjon...

A church choir conductor and teacher was found slain in his South Shore apartment Sunday morning, officials said. Donald Young, 47, of the 2300 block of East 69th Street, was...

Mayor Richard Daley, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and three other local officials received packages containing a powdery substance that testing found to be harmless, police reported Tuesday. Padded...