Teacher ire over contracts spreads
Teachers in two of the state's largest school districts have rejected new contracts, while a labor dispute in northern McHenry County will continue for at least another day as a...
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Richardson: Born negotiator
The seminal moment in Bill Richardson's life came shortly before he was born. His father, a headstrong American banker who worked and lived in Mexico City, told his pregnant wife...
Towing proposal decried as biased
Alarmed by what they said was another ordinance aimed at Latinos, about 400 demonstrators gathered Tuesday night at Carpentersville Village Hall to protest a proposal to impound the vehicles of...
False alarm fire call has tragic turn
Firefighter William Grant's shift hadn't even officially started when the alarm rang Friday morning in the busy firehouse where he had worked for 20 years, the only one he had...
Couple beaten but unafraid
Two days after they were beaten in a city park as they tried to help a girl who was under attack, Edward White and his wife, Angelique Denwiddie, are determined...
Ex-Daley foe now key part of mayor’s ticket
In his long career as an independent state lawmaker and ardent foe of Chicago's Democratic machine, Miguel del Valle was canonized by political insiders as "Santo Miguel." For some critics,...
Human error, Metra blamed in 2005 crash
A Metra engineer's failure to heed a crucial signal and the commuter rail agency's lack of a system to override human error were cited as key reasons for a 2005...
Raising a ruckus in the wee hours
Locked out by security guards overwhelmed at county election offices, scores of supporters of Cook County Board presidential candidate Tony Peraica chanted his name and called for faster ballot counting...
Boy’s shooting angers crowd
Angry about the police shooting of a 14-year-old boy, Cabrini-Green residents took the streets Tuesday, lashing out at police and the abuse they feel in increasingly affluent surroundings. Marchers shouted...
Storms sweep in, punish area again
The wave of storms that swept across the Chicago area Thursday dumped 4 inches of rain in parts of McHenry and Lake Counties and knocked down power lines in some...