Terry Wilson

An alternative Harold Washington Party ticket always posed a problem for Illinois Democrats. The question this weekend, 23 days from the most important election in a generation, was just what...

After six months of frustration and two days of round-the-clock work to break the case, Winnetka police charged a local teen Saturday in the double slaying of Richard Langert, 30,...

After six months of frustration and two days of round-the-clock work to break the case, Winnetka police charged a local teen Saturday in the double slaying of Richard Langert, 30,...

Democratic Atty. Gen. Neil Hartigan was endorsed for governor Friday by the Chicago Teachers Union. CTU President Jacqueline Vaughn said that although Hartigan opposes the temporary income tax surcharge for...

Delores Johnson, of 3308 W. Congress Pkwy., knew what was up when the television her nephew was watching went silent Saturday morning. She glanced at a dead clock and the...

Police and prosecutors have set up a 24-hour hot line to gather information about George Riley, a 57-year-old Chicago man who allegedly told authorities he has molested 1,000 children in...

In a typical first-day snafu, Hilliard Homes housing development children took a 10-block walk Wednesday to South Loop Elementary School while their more affluent classmates from nearby Dearborn Park were...

It was shortly before 3 a.m. Friday when Streeterville resident Joseph Caliendo glanced out a window and spied a manhole in the street 14 floors below ''going off like a...

The first batch of reservists and National Guard members in Illinois was placed on alert Friday for possible duty in the wake of the crisis in the Middle East. The...

A West Side man shot his live-in girlfriend and held their 3-year-old son hostage during a five-hour standoff Thursday with police that was frequently punctuated by gunfire. The incident ended...