Shia Kapos

Trial dates were set Thursday for 21 anti-war protesters who are accused of blocking doorways to the federal building in a January demonstration. The 21 are charged with misdemeanor criminal...

Voters seeking change ousted two incumbent aldermen on Tuesday and ushered two political newcomers--Manuel "Manny" Flores and Howard Brookins Jr.--to take their places in hopes of bringing some independence to...

A team of investigators said Saturday that they have discovered evidence from the Vermilion River that they hope will lead to an arrest in the abduction and murder of Dalton...

Snow, that long-lost love, has returned. On Wednesday, many Chicago-area residents embraced it, while ignoring its flaws and inconveniences, from traffic and airline delays to the fact it did little...

The Chicago Public Schools system is working with Rev. Jesse Jackson to establish a scholarship fund for the children who lost a parent in the E2 nightclub disaster, schools chief...

Even as they handed Mayor Richard M. Daley an overwhelming electoral mandate on Tuesday, voters flashed their independence in a few aldermanic contests as they dispatched a long-time mayoral loyalist...

The pain still jolts Sheretta Patterson-Pennington awake in the middle of the night. She misses her daughter's laugh, a smile like sunshine. She wrestles with the senseless thought that her...

The governor's office said Thursday it is reviewing how to eliminate current state employees who have testified to wrongdoing in the corruption trial of former Gov. George Ryan's aide. "If...

A Chicago police officer charged Thursday with shaking down drug dealers in the West Side neighborhood he patrolled also is being investigated for a shooting incident last month that law-enforcement...

An 18-year-old man who police say is dangerous, suicidal and possibly armed with an automatic weapon was named a suspect in a sixth Chicago slaying Saturday, adding urgency to a...