Matthew Nickerson

The lack of any other ''magic formula'' probably will force the city to raise property taxes by nearly $48.7 million to balance its 1993 budget, according to Mayor Richard Daley....

Officials on Sunday dedicated the $1.9 million Outreach Community Center, a two-story facility that will give the 6,000 residents in south Carol Stream access to social workers, a medical clinic...

The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has suspended Officers David Smith and Raynard Banks without pay pending the outcome of charges that each had or attempted to have sexual...

The state requires that students be subject to ''vehicular hazardous conditions,'' such as railroad crossings or busy roadways on their way to school, in order to get special dispensation to...

Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Housing Authority Chairman Vincent Lane are planning to ask Congress to foot the multimillion-dollar bill for security sweeps and other anti-crime measures at city public...

Like most cops, when Matt Auberle goes to work he straps on a pistol, fits a nightstick in his belt and dons a badge. But first, he wriggles into his...

An Illinois National Guard captain who served during the civil disturbances surrounding 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago boasted ''we`re the ones who stopped the riots.'' But now that Donald Lynn...

Democratic challenger Patrick O`Connor sought Thursday to portray Cook County State`s Atty. Jack O`Malley as a bumbler who mismanages the office, alleging that a suspect in a fatal arson had...

A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago has held for the first time that the federal law banning racial discrimination in housing also prohibits ''redlining'' by insurance...

About 500 walkers from all over Lake County converged on Waukegan`s north side on a bright but chilly Sunday to make every step of a six-mile stroll count toward helping...