David Elsner

There must have been something in the water in the drinking fountains of the old Niles East High School in Skokie. On Wednesday, a second graduate of the defunct school...

As Josue Torres recovered in a hospital from two bullet wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting, Police Supt. Jody Weis on Tuesday scolded the 8-year-old's parents for making him vulnerable...

My son the teenager (he's 17 going on 21) has concluded that his parents are clearly getting dumber and dumber. Recently, my wife and I managed to talk him into...

William Wrigley, 66, chief executive officer of the Chicago-based company that has become synonymous with the chewing gum business worldwide, died Monday of complications due to pneumonia. Mr. Wrigley's death...

A man was put to death Friday for killing his adoptive parents a month after getting out of prison. Prosecutors said he killed them for their insurance money. James B....

Federal Aviation Administration workers who accepted bonuses to retire early and then took new government jobs may have to refund the buyout money. FAA Administrator David R. Hinson said Friday...

Iraq said Friday said it will negotiate on an oil-for-food plan in talks that United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said he hopes will begin in New York soon. Boutros-Ghali had...

Illinois Appellate Judge Blanche Manning was nominated Thursday by President Clinton to fill one of three vacant federal judgeships in the Northern District of Illinois. The nomination of Manning, 59,...

Beecher High School doesn't want to host a public meeting on the proposed third airport. State transportation officials say that's OK, and they will look for another site for the...

The city will receive $560,000 in federal money to buy and install 90 ornamental street light fixtures downtown. "Without this grant, the city would not have been financially able to...