Wes Smith

Chicago was a city in celebration Saturday. The day began with water raining on a parade on the South Side and ended with a parade reigning on the water along...

Rev. James McLoughlin Rev. James McLoughlin, 45, pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in Geneva, was the most visible of the Chicago-area hostages during the 17-day ordeal. Early on, he...

''I`m sitting here kind of stunned and sick,'' Kathleen Flanagan said Tuesday night after watching President Reagan`s nationally televised press conference. ''I just don`t want to see my father be...

Cartoonist Chester Gould, 84, creator and artist of the ''Dick Tracy'' comic strip for 46 years, died of congestive heart failure at his farm home in Woodstock early Saturday. He...

Sen. Paul Simon (D., Ill.) will announce Monday that a high-powered task force on the Chicago public schools--aimed at finding ''practical things that can be of practical help''--will convene next...

Barren walkways outside city restaurants are expected to blossom with colorful umbrella tables, chairs and waiters in the next few weeks thanks to record heat and approval of a long-awaited...

A legislative investigation of the way the Illinois Department of Public Health is handling the salmonella epidemic, which reached 7,671 confirmed cases Thursday, was urged by Illinois House Speaker Michael...

Ald. Dorothy Tillman`s smashing 3d Ward election victory on Tuesday sent her back to the Chicago City Council for two years and gave a vote of confidence to her political...

A fire crackled in the stone fireplace of an open air shelter at Bemis Woods South Forest Preserve, near Western Springs, Tuesday afternoon. Around it was the extended family of...

Federal investigators said Friday that they have begun investigating the background of a man accused of stealing $3.3 million from a Loop investment firm as part of their efforts to...