William Grady

Two people were killed and three others were seriously injured early Sunday in a head-on collision on Illinois Highway 53 near Glen Ellyn. Du Page County authorities said a 1984...

Gayle Franzen's record as Illinois corrections chief in the late 1970s came under attack Thursday by one of his opponents in the Republican primary for Du Page County Board chairman....

Though there is snow on the ground and the clubhouse is still unfinished, the Du Page Airport Authority already is expecting fiscal good news from its latest venture. The airport...

Gail Dunham, a former township supervisor who was running for a seat on the Du Page County Board from District 5, announced Thursday that she is withdrawing as a candidate...

The county will catch up with the rest of the state and most of the nation Monday with its first-ever observance of the holiday honoring slain civil-rights leader Dr. Martin...

Legal giant Baker & McKenzie fired a young associate because he had AIDS-a decision that was so "devastatingly cruel" the firm must pay his estate more than $500,000. That's a...

In a sign of the times, Patrick A. Tuite, the dean of Chicago's criminal defense community, is shuttering the boutique law practice he has operated for the last quarter of...

Now that the Illinois Supreme Court has set an execution date of May 10 for John Wayne Gacy, watch for the convicted killer of 33 young men and boys to...

Ted C. Fishman, who "traded everything" at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange before selling his membership and turning to free-lance writing, finds himself caught in a tangled web similar to that...

Being named a defendant in a lawsuit is inconvenient-and potentially embarrassing, particularly if unsubstantiated charges are tossed around. But if you are a big corporation and if you find a...