Downstate town stung by deaths
The worst attack yet on Illinois Army National Guardsmen serving in Iraq left two soldiers dead and 15 wounded, and it left the Downstate town where their unit is based...
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Suit alleges sex assault by Kennedy cousin Smith
William Kennedy Smith, who with a nation watching was acquitted of rape and battery in 1991 by a Florida jury, was accused in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday of sexually...
City gives an all-clear to Wrigley
City Buildings Commissioner Stan Kaderbek on Monday gave the green light for Chicago Cubs games to continue at Wrigley Field after an engineering firm concluded that quality repairs have been...
City gives an all-clear to Wrigley
City Buildings Commissioner Stan Kaderbek on Monday gave the green light for Chicago Cubs games to continue at Wrigley Field after an engineering firm concluded that quality repairs have been...
Keyes sets up house in Cal City
With the unloading of a bed frame, box spring and mattress from a rented Budget truck, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes moved into the second-floor apartment of a Calumet...
Keyes sets up house in Cal City
With the unloading of a bed frame, box spring and mattress from a rented Budget truck, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes moved into the second-floor apartment of a Calumet...
McHenry man born a soldier, died as one
Born with an adventurous spirit, Army Pfc. Collier E. Barcus would sled off the roof of a shed and rappel from his second-floor bedroom of his McHenry home. He dreamed...
Legacy of porch collapse
As relatives and friends of victims marked the first anniversary Tuesday of a deadly porch collapse in Lincoln Park, contractors said new porches in Chicago are sturdier but also cost...
Vote for teachers union boss tossed out
The results of the recent Chicago Teachers Union runoff for president, in which special education teacher Marilyn Stewart appeared to have narrowly won, were declared null and void Tuesday by...
Falling back on friends, faith
The people gathered in the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday for a memorial for four church members who drowned last week at a Texas water park found hope out...