William Recktenwald

After suffering 26 days with temperatures of 90 degrees or more this year, Chicagoans got an ironic respite Sunday. Evert Schmidt of the Central Weather Service said temperatures late Sunday...

A federal grand jury is investigating reports that John Cappas, a 22-year-old millionaire and suspected drug dealer in the southwest suburbs, once attempted to hire killers to murder a competitor...

In the fall of 1977, Laurie Wasserman, a 19-year-old University of Arizona student, enrolled in a home economics course. She also took one in marksmanship. Her life crisscrossed Arizona, Iowa,...

Glencoe police considered Laurie Wasserman Dann dangerous enough that they asked her parents to turn over her .357 Magnum handgun to them two years ago, the village`s top police official...

A second child allegedly abducted Saturday night from his father by his mother and two of her friends was returned to the father early Monday. Officials of the Illinois Department...

Thousands of Chicago-area motorists apparently heeded predictions of terminal gridlock and stayed off the Dan Ryan Expressway Tuesday, leaving die- hard expressway drivers the almost-solitary pleasure of a quick morning...

Rick Henderson and Mike Simonelli were forced to make an emergency landing in the chilly waters of Lake Michigan about five miles east of Wilmette on a December day about...

In a Christmas compromise, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Nativity scene may be displayed in the Daley Center Plaza from Christmas Eve to the morning after Christmas. Meanwhile,...

About 4,000 people gathered outside City Hall Tuesday evening in a peaceful protest against the possible election of Ald. Eugene Sawyer (6th) as acting mayor to succeed Harold Washington. Inside,...

Besie Smith prayed Sunday for Harold Washington. ''I loved him,'' she said. ''We had him for a little while, and I`m thankful for that. I pray we can carry on...