Jeffrey Bils

Seven children were among at least a dozen people seriously or critically injured late Saturday in a South Side fire that engulfed a three-story apartment building. "When we arrived on...

A state prison inmate was shot and killed inside an interview room at the Chicago police department's Wentworth Area headquarters Saturday after he allegedly attacked a detective, police said. Reginald...

Up to a point, Tuesday was an ordinary afternoon for kindergartner Blake Born. After a day of paint and blocks, his aunt met him at Bright School. They walked to...

On a day when Commonwealth Edison's parent company, Unicom Corp., might have hoped to keep the spotlight on its merger with Philadelphia-based Peco Energy Co., ComEd was working to explain...

Cook County Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan will speak at the City Club of Chicago Monday Morning Forum. Sheahan, former alderman of the 19th Ward, was first elected as sheriff in...

State Rep. Thomas Dart (D-Chicago) will speak at the City Club of Chicago's Monday morning forum series. Dart has been active in child welfare reform, campaign finance reform, education, crime,...

Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of a longtime teacher at Quigley Preparatory Seminary. Anthony Janicek, 61, known to students as "Mr....

The Pullman factory and clock tower, landmarks that for more than a century visually represented historic chapters in transportation, labor and Chicago history, went up in flames Tuesday night. Inside...

In a cramped community room of a Cabrini-Green high-rise, tenant leaders Tuesday night cleared the last major obstacle to a plan to begin remaking one of America's most notorious housing...

A beluga whale was born in the John G. Shedd Aquarium on Monday night, marking the first such birth there since the $41 million Oceanarium opened seven years ago as...