Jennifer Skalka

Ex-school worker takes plea in child pornography case

August 22, 2021 at 5:46 p.m.

A former Homewood elementary school guidance counselor pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography Tuesday and was sentenced to 2 years of sex-offender probation. Eugene Dooley, 58, also was...

Official’s tax cut disputed

August 22, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.

The Cook County state's attorney's office is reviewing Robert Shaw's involvement as a county Board of Review commissioner in approving a hefty tax break for his brother, Mayor William Shaw...

Kin nervously await word

August 19, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.

Frustrated by the lack of news from half a world away, friends and family in Chicago nervously waited Monday for any word of loved ones who may have survived Sunday's...

From foreign consulates to Hindu and Buddhist temples, tsunami relief efforts began in the Chicago area Monday, providing an outlet for shocked and grief-stricken immigrant communities. There are at least...

Holiday trip becomes tragedy

August 19, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

A Chicago couple and their two young daughters were killed early Thanksgiving morning on Interstate Highway 57 near Downstate Marion after their van crossed the highway's median, struck two vehicles,...

Campaign Dispatches

August 19, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

A VERY DRY RUN President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush stopped for worship Thursday en route to an orientation walk-through of the convention floor. Bush's mother and father joined...

Keyes leaves N.Y. ahead of president’s speech

August 21, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes jetted out this morning, missing tonight's finale of the Republican Party's national convention and opting instead to watch President Bush's speech from a party in...

Keyes riles state leaders with remark

August 21, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Senate candidate Alan Keyes stridently defended his statements about the vice president's gay daughter Wednesday even as Illinois Republican leaders expressed reactions ranging from dismay to disgust. Keyes told a...

Thompson says he’s not close to Black

August 19, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

Former Gov. James R. Thompson, head of the audit committee at Hollinger International Inc., moved to distance himself from ousted Chief Executive Conrad Black the day after the company released...

Keyes takes jabs at his own party

August 19, 2021 at 7:42 p.m.

Madison Square Garden, home of many prizefights and hockey brawls, seems a fitting venue for Alan Keyes to be meeting his fellow Republicans. The candidate for U.S. Senate has miffed...