6 NORTHWEST SUBURBS’ MAYORS ARE DEFEATED
One of the wildest local election seasons in years saw six mayors go down in defeat while others fought off strong challenges in contests throughout the northwest suburbs Tuesday that...
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CRIME RISE ROCKS FAITH IN SUBURBS
Bernie Ciardullo left Chicago 15 years ago for the same reason many others have made the urban exodus: To find a quieter, crime-free life in the suburbs. But after two...
RISING WATER RECALLS FEAR OF FLOOD
When it comes to April in Chicago, you can't fool Mother Nature. The calendar might say it's spring, but on Thursday, April Fool's Day unleashed a torrent of winter weather...
PARTY, EXPRESSWAY ARE SCENES OF VIOLENCE
A spate of violence gripped the Chicago area this weekend, from fatal beatings to a midday gun attack along the Eisenhower Expressway to the shooting of a South Side store...
BILLBOARD LAW IS UPHELD IN COURT
The city won another battle in its 10-year billboard war this week when a federal appeals court upheld its restrictions on outdoor advertising. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
A PARTY WITH RULES
Huddling together by their battered Volvo, the trio of Deadheads had just arrived at the Rosemont Horizon Tuesday for three days worth of Grateful Dead concerts. They had just two...
CHICAGO `GUARD IS UP’ IN WAKE OF N.Y. BLAST
Chicago police, firefighters, high-rise managers and airport officials kicked into high gear Saturday, beefing up security measures throughout the city after the explosion at the World Trade Center in New...
VILLAGE KEEPS KAHUNA FIGHT ALIVE
The village has asked a Circuit Court judge to reconsider his dismissal of an appeal of the Illinois Liquor Commission's order allowing the Big Kahuna restaurant to serve alcohol. Attorney...
WHERE DOES DISCIPLINE AND CHILD ABUSE BEGIN?
Shortly after David and Sharon Schoo were indicted last week on charges that they beat, kicked and choked their two daughters, their defense attorneys issued a warning to other parents:...
PALATINE SWEEP ENDS UP AS A FALSE ALARM
For one brief moment Friday, police appeared to have the break they needed. But before afternoon turned to evening, five people picked up in a raid of a Schaumburg apartment...