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Citing the changing demographics of the classroom in an increasingly diverse nation, President Clinton outlined a $350 million plan Thursday to bring teachers into economically depressed schools in urban and...

The junkies speak bluntly of irresistible cravings. They need a fix, sometimes once a day, sometimes more. The substance gives them a high like no other. There is no shame....

Chicago kicked up its heels in joy over the Bulls NBA Finals clincher Friday, but the revelry again turned ugly in some parts of the city. While many were raising...

Bolingbrook's director of community development, Paul Gorte, is resigning effective June 18. Since 1990, Gorte has headed the village's planning, zoning and building divisions. Mayor Roger Claar said Gorte "can...

There isn't much that distinguishes the gray, blocky church in a working-class Northwest Side neighborhood from hundreds of other Catholic sanctuaries in Chicago. Like other congregations, it serves a polyglot...

The Will County state's attorney's office dismissed a civil complaint against a Channahon man after he cleaned up an illegal dump on his Lockport Township property, Dawn Underhill, a Will...

On the eve of a day symbolic of hope and rebirth, community leaders gathered on Chicago's South and West Sides to pray for 13-year-old Lenard Clark, who is slowly emerging...

A controversial plan to build a Native American casino in southwest suburban Romeoville was removed from the election debate Sunday. "At this point the casino is a dead issue," said...

Her youthful voice and pink barrettes are tell-tale signs that Margie is legally too young to buy cigarettes. But the 17-year-old from Bridgeview was still smoking Friday, the first day...

A 7-year-old North Side boy reported missing by his mother was found early Saturday choked to death and wrapped in a plastic garbage bag. He had been thrown out an...