James Hill

More than two dozen suburban school districts, hoping to send a strong message to Illinois legislators about their disgust of school violence, are calling for a statewide ban on handguns....

Jibri Wise One Jibri Wise One (Ear Candy) (STAR) 1/2 Well, the music is live even if all of the raps aren`t. This album gets its biggest boost from music...

For years, Dorothy Allen would invite her friends over in the summer to her Libertyville home for some casual conversation and a quiet game of bridge. But for about the...

Spurred by the devastation in Los Angeles and the threat of violence in their own cities, about 100 church, community and municipal leaders from North Chicago, Waukegan and Zion have...

The constitutionality of the state`s anti-hazing law was upheld Thursday by the Illinois Supreme Court in a decision that reinstates criminal charges filed against 12 current or former Western Illinois...

Audrey Wheeler I`m Your Tonight (Ear Candy) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 All hail this Jamaica (N.Y.) queen. After singing back up for some of the biggest names in pop and R &...

Boogie Down Productions Sex and Violence (Jive) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 An originator of positive, politically conscious rap, KRS-One is back on the scene with the BDP posse and their latest installment...

The scores of youngsters outside Waukegan High School on Monday afternoon weren`t talking about where they would hang out in the warm weather. They were talking about how late. Monday...

Patty Anderson was strolling through her Lincolnwood backyard during a party last summer when she first ran across a polecat. ''Hey, look, it`s Pepe LePew,'' she quipped. But when one...

Debbie Anzelmo saw her son being swept up by Chicago`s street gangs and tried to pull him back. She pleaded with him and she found him a job. She even...