Karl Stampfl

Inspired by a spin on a rental bicycle in Paris during a trip there last year, Mayor Richard Daley has Chicago eyeing a similar program. The city, which had hoped...

The family of a Waukegan woman fatally stabbed last week in Lincolnshire filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of Waukegan for allegedly not protecting her from her estranged husband...

The family of a Waukegan woman fatally stabbed last week in Lincolnshire filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of Waukegan for allegedly not protecting her from her estranged husband...

Many travelers learned the hard way Wednesday that CTA trains to O'Hare wouldn't get them all the way to the airport. It was sort of like buying an airline ticket...

The police officers stood in dress wool uniforms in stifling heat and held their formation under threat of drenching rain. As a measure of the dedication to a police officer...

When Chicago Police Officer Richard Francis got roughed up by a drunk a few weeks ago, injuring his back, his fellow officers told him to take it easy and ride...

A triple slaying in South Shore late Sunday and a rash of recent violence has some residents ready to leave their traditionally solid middle-class neighborhood. "I'm moving as soon as...

When Police Supt. Jody Weis stepped in front of reporters and news cameras and blamed the parents of 8-year-old Josue Torres for his shooting, a few jaws in the public...

As one family mourns the loss of a 15-year-old who was set to move away from guns and gangs in his neighborhood, another sat vigil Wednesday night for a 14-year-old...

More than 30 pit bulls that appeared to have been used for dogfighting were seized from a South Side house Friday morning, authorities said. The dogs displayed what officials called...