Stanley Ziemba

When the legislature passed a plan last week to funnel more money to public schools and Gov. Jim Edgar signed it, most elementary school officials in the southwest suburban area...

Tim McCarthy, the former Secret Service agent wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, said Wednesday that he is receiving "overwhelming" support for his contemplated run for...

A 9-year-old girl from Essex in Kankakee County drowned Tuesday at the South Wilmington Sportsman's Club near Custer Park in Will County, the Kankakee County coroner's office said. Jessica Nielsen...

Gerald Greenwald, chairman and chief executive officer of United Airlines, put it on the line Tuesday in assessing whether America's grand welfare-to-work experiment will succeed. "Frankly, it's up to people...

United Airlines and its commuter affiliate, Great Lakes Aviation, said Monday they were doing all they could to help passengers stranded as a result of Great Lakes' decision over the...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it took disciplinary action against two futures trading companies owned by Archer Daniels Midland Co. in connection with ADM's admitted guilt in an international...

Milwaukee-based Harnischfeger Industries Inc. says it will begin an all-cash hostile tender offer to acquire Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Giddings & Lewis Inc. in a transaction valued at $747 million....

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's Pizza Inc., which operates 5,560 stores in 54 countries, plans to open 300 stores in 1997, mostly in international markets.

Chicago's Playboy Enterprises Inc. formed a partnership with South Korea's Daewoo Corp. to launch a Playboy TV network in South Korea. The 24-hour network will initially be offered in hotels...

Gail Scott enjoys her job as a flight attendant for America West Airlines and says she finds most passengers to be "very, very nice." But she is no longer what...