Charles Sheehan

While parishioners at a South Holland Catholic church were informed officially Sunday that their pastor was under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse, members of a West Side church began...

There will champagne and flowers this Valentine's Day at Botanicals in Bucktown and, oh yes, there will be chocolates. Unlikely to make an appearance at the flower store on the...

Amid outrage over conflicting reports from the deadly Sago mine disaster, the mining company's top executive said Wednesday that he regretted allowing family members to believe for hours that their...

Anna McCloy has not slept in the three days since she kissed her husband goodbye as he left for work at the Sago mine, she said. McCloy, 25, had lost...

Students from two Catholic high schools, who had scattered for the holidays, gathered in Lincolnwood Thursday near a patch of torn earth and splintered trees where two classmates had died...

Andrew Rimmer, a 63-year-old retired factory worker, lives alone in Chicago's Austin neighborhood and barely makes ends meet on $1,100 a month. But a week ago, Rimmer tore open his...

Stephen Kahn leaned his shoulder into the rear door of his 2002 Volvo station wagon Thursday morning, crumpling the corner of one brightly wrapped present as he forced the door...

Siblings Alonzo and Suzette Coleman spent Wednesday afternoon excitedly planning a huge gathering of their family on Christmas. They talked about what they were going to make: "turkey, dressing, pies,...

Roman Pucinski was part of Chicago's urban landscape for nearly a half century, and Cook County officials have made sure his name remains in the public consciousness. An area of...

Eighteen young inventors showed off their winning designs last week at the Museum of Science and Industry. The two top winners got $10,000 U.S. savings bonds Monday from the sponsors,...