Rudolph Bush

One day after their landmark verdict convicting Scott Fawell and the Citizens for Ryan campaign committee of racketeering and fraud, those who served on the federal jury said the deliberations...

The city's search to affix responsibility for the deaths of 21 people in a South Side nightclub has centered on a son of one of Chicago's most prominent African-American families...

Matthew Hale, the leader of the white-supremacist World Church of the Creator, had said for years that he wasn't choosy about whom he let into his fast-growing organization. He didn't...

Steve Cieslewicz was awake all night, thinking not only about the fact that his mother, Anna, was dead, but also about the horrible way she died: mauled by dogs as...

Four people, including a 2-year-old boy, were found shot to death Friday afternoon in a home in the Chatham neighborhood. Police were seeking suspects in the slaying of a 49-year-old...

Doctors kept Cook County Board President John Stroger in the hospital overnight for observation after he became disoriented Tuesday during a board meeting, apparently after suffering a reaction to his...

In its biggest test yet, new error-detecting voting equipment in Cook County won a passing grade from many voters Tuesday, but there were some complaints, glitches and confusion. About 100...

In the old Marigold Arena on Chicago's North Side, the long, low calls would begin even before Edward Cholak entered the ring. "Moooose. Moooose," the crowd called, until Mr. Cholak,...