Steve Kloehn

Each day now his energy wanes a bit more, even as the demands on his time grow. But whenever he can, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin goes off to the quiet of...

Not since Benjamin Franklin received regulatory approval to fly his kite in the rain has the world of quasi-public utilities received such a shock: Competition has come to electricity. The...

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, will receive the nation's highest civilian honor, President Clinton announced Thursday. The two Chicagoans, and two more...

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, discussing his own death with unblinking poise, made it clear Friday that he has plenty of life left in him. The archbishop of Chicago announced that he...

For just an hour or so Thursday night, the West Side of Chicago was the center of the universe. Well, not a real universe, but for the thousands there and...

Democratic convention officials put on a digital dog-and-pony show Wednesday that left more than a few reporters shaking their heads. Promoted as a glimpse at "the most technologically sophisticated convention...

Eleven-year-old Amanda Krueger, wearing a "Don't Bug Me" sweat shirt and wielding a yellow screwdriver, deftly dismantled pieces of her bedroom, which had been awash in fetid water just a...

In the pounding, predawn rain, Debbie Krueger boarded the kind of ark Noah might have used if he had lived in the suburbs: a neighbor's fishing boat, crowded with Krueger;...

The stock market took investors on a stomach-churning ride Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging more than 160 points before zig-zagging back to the plus side and closing...

The word has spread through Chicago like a fever over the last 10 days: As the descendants of slaves, the story goes, black taxpayers can claim from $8,000 to $40,000...