Aamer Madhani

Like dueling juntas in some strife-torn nation, two Dixmoor governments staked their claims to power in the south suburb Thursday, creating what the village attorney called "a state of anarchy."...

Metra commuter rail officials unveiled a $33 million project Friday to redevelop the concourse and a two-block stretch of the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago as a combination train...

Peoples Gas agreed Tuesday to contribute an additional $1 million to help people unable to pay record-high heating bills. The contribution was part of a package of concessions to activists...

Peoples Gas customers slated to have their service shutoff for overdue bills won a reprieve Monday as a result of cold temperatures, and company officials said the shutoffs will be...

Tom Crandall was thrilled when journalists awoke him before dawn with word that his son was to be freed from China. He was buoyed when the Navy confirmed the news....

American pupils have spent decades being compared unfavorably to their counterparts in Asia and Europe, especially in math and science. For some, it is no longer true. Based on results...

Wardella Winchester, the South Side high school teacher who was abducted and found dead at an East Hazel Crest recycling center Wednesday, died of a single gun shot to the...

Classmates and teachers at Winfield Elementary School near Crown Point, Ind., mourned the death of 11-year-old Andrew Kennedy and prayed for the life of his 10-year-old half-brother James on Monday,...

A 55-year-old South Side man was killed early Saturday after he lost control of his vehicle on the 76th Street exit of the Dan Ryan Expressway, police said. James Greer,...

Dee Watkins and her niece Pat Day went to the Art Institute on Friday morning to gaze at the museum's vast collection of Impressionist paintings. What they found when they...