Tom McCann

U.S. Army explosives experts were working through the weekend to dispose of more than 100 artillery shells discovered outside a Southwest Side steel recycling plant. Three members of the 788th...

A Coca-Cola Co. repairman threatening to kill himself froze rush hour traffic across Chicago for almost four hours Friday afternoon, as police and SWAT teams shut off an eight-block stretch...

The heat and a squirmy toddler complicated 84-year-old foster mother Willie Haywood's trip to the store for bananas Tuesday. Rather than lug the 22-month-old boy into a Chicago Heights supermarket,...

Family legend has it that the weather was bleak and cold that winter day in 1921 when Leonard Japp Sr. hopped a freight train cattle car from his native Minnesota...

On Monday, while President Clinton drew wild applause from Democrats at their convention in Los Angeles, Marla Hawkins worked late in her West Loop insurance office. On Tuesday, while Caroline...

Birthday: Jan. 12, 1946 Birthplace: Hartford, Conn. Occupation: Curator of the Feet First Exhibit inside the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, 1001 N. Dearborn St. The museum...

Birthday: July 22 (no year) Birthplace: Chicago Occupation: Curator of the Museum of Holography, 1134 W. Washington Blvd., which is dedicated to showcasing and teaching the art of making holograms....

Birthday: July 31, 1934 Birthplace: Marion, Ind. Occupation: One of the curators at the Fairmount Historical Museum in Fairmount, Ind., which is devoted to preserving the life story of the...

A 9-year-old boy drowned Sunday in a water-filled pit that is part of a splash pool under construction in a West Side park, officials said late Sunday. The boy was...

A 22-year-old man, screaming that he couldn't stop his car, crashed into a group of terrified children, parents and teachers Friday morning after they had gathered for an outdoor awards...