Steve Schmadeke

Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday delivered a sharp kick to get rush-hour commuters out of their cars and onto buses with a plan to speed up public transportation and make...

American Airlines passengers, who dealt with a massive schedule disruption on Wednesday, can expect at least two more days of flight cancellations, as the airline scrambles to reinspect wiring on...

The five women came to the suburban clothing store for such ordinary reasons. One, the mother of a disabled child, wanted to find something nice to wear for a rare...

Elnora Daniel, the beleaguered president of Chicago State University, told colleagues Wednesday that she plans to retire, following a year in which her spending practices and leadership repeatedly came under...

These are things you don't see every day in Chicago: A geyser in the middle of Montrose Avenue, a river swamping cars, a sinkhole swallowing up parking meters, trees and...

The roof leaked and it was downright cold Monday in a South Side church where last week thieves made off with everything from the space heaters to spare toilet paper...

Peter R. Senn was a football standout turned City Colleges professor, a Sorbonne grad and author fondly remembered for his inability to pass a sandwich cookie without eating the creme...

A former Benedictine University psychology professor is suing the school, saying he was coerced into resigning after administrators learned he was having an affair with a much younger female student....

A DuPage County judge opened the door Wednesday to allow evidence of Brian Dugan's past sex crimes to be used at his trial in the murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico....

Kiara Jones had one word to go. "Facsimile," said the pronouncer. Just one last word. The Ray Elementary School 6th grader had already spelled her way through words such as...