James Hill

Did you hear the one about the candidate and the tax increase? Of course not, because politicians, in Illinois at least, have found tax-hike talk to be anything but funny...

In what might be considered a miracle on 80th Avenue, a 2-month-old boy was in fair condition Saturday after having fallen from the top of his mother's moving car and...

For the last decade, a color photo of Harold Washington, flashing that signature smile, has hung next to pictures of Annie Mae Carruthers' family and near a statuette of Rev....

The advertising and opportunity seemed perfect for Robert and Gwendolyn Johnson: "Kiss Your Landlord Goodbye!" "We specialize in first-time home buyers." For the blue-collar couple-- Robert, a fork-lift operator, and...

They conduct evaluations that help judges make decisions, ranging from whether a person is fit for trial to which parent should have custody of a child during a divorce. They...

As Michael Kwidzinski and his parents were escorted Wednesday into Courtroom 101 at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building by sheriff's deputies, they passed a tall African-American man in the...

As verdicts of guilty on all counts in the shooting death of a homeless man were read late Saturday in the trial of suspended Chicago Police Officer Gregory Becker, Becker...

Only a few months ago, state Rep. Michael Madigan toiled in Springfield as a staunch protector of the Chicago Park District's sovereignty when Republicans tried to wrest control of Meigs...

Cabrini-Green erupted in gunfire Tuesday evening after a Chicago Housing Authority police officer shot an unarmed resident. Police said the officer's weapon discharged during a struggle with a crowd that...

A square block on the South Side where the Sisters of Mercy lived and prayed for about 100 years has been anything but the object of serenity for the last...