James Hill

After several hours of sometimes volatile debate, the Evanston City Council agreed early Tuesday to consider relaxing its strict liquor law, possibly opening the floodgates for the sale of packaged...

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A hit-and-run motorist on the Near Southwest Side claimed the lives of a pregnant woman, her fetus and a 5-month-old infant and left the child`s mother in critical condition Thursday...

Despite nationwide complaints from some police departments that a new Chevrolet police cruiser is unsafe and may have contributed to a number of recent accidents, local officers said Monday that...

An 11-year-old girl was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting Wednesday on the South Side, police said. Tawanna Jackson, of the 6200 block of South Calumet Avenue, was shot in...

A huge blaze swept through a Long Grove horse barn late Tuesday, prompting responses from at least 24 northwest suburban fire departments. Police said some 15 horses had been killed...

City Colleges board Chairman Reynaldo Glover has resigned, a spokeswoman for Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday, and the mayor is expected to appoint Chicago businessman Ronald Gidwitz to replace him....

Teachers in Elgin Unit District 46, the state`s second-largest school system, voted late Sunday to reject an administration contract offer and go on strike, thus barring 28,000 pupils from classrooms...

In the 12 years they have lived in Pilsen, Martha and Raul Padilla have thought every day about what it would be like to own their own home. ''Coming home...

Oliver Lacy, 23, identified by Milwaukee police as one of at least 11 victims of a killer who dismembered his victims, was a top athlete at his Oak Park high...