Robert Davis

When Mayor Richard Daley received unanimous City Council approval of his $3.4 billion city budget last year-a feat accomplished by his late father only once in his 21 years in...

A downtown "gentlemen's club" operating in defiance of a city order was shut down by Chicago police Monday night, stranding about 30 patrons who had paid a $10 cover charge...

The Chicago boosters bringing you the World Cup soccer tournament next year see all sorts of pluses from hosting part of the globe's biggest sporting event. Like a touch of...

It's hard to put a political price tag on a picture of a local politician standing next to South African legend Nelson Mandela. But it is very, very high. So...

Nelson Mandela, a man who has become an international symbol of triumph over oppression, came to Chicago Tuesday to seek help in speeding the shift of power in his own...

Before Friday, the last homicide in Cabrini-Green remained vivid not because it was so recent, but because it had been so influential. When 7-year-old Dantrell Davis was killed by a...

Chicago officials Thursday announced an unprecedented full-court police press against possible post-Bulls playoff looting and rioting. The Chicago Bulls can win their third straight National Basketball Association championship with a...

Her hands dripping with floodwater, Barbara Kring peeled the plastic off the box that held her silk wedding dress, which had been wrapped for the ages after her 1991 wedding....

Aldermen complained Thursday that they are being cut out of Mayor Richard Daley's plan to bring riverboat gambling to Chicago, even as hearings on the issue continued in Springfield. Ald....

David Hales became director of the Lincoln Park Zoo last year amid great fanfare and even greater expectations. He replaced the widely popular Lester Fisher, who retired after being in...