William Recktenwald

A 19-year-old mother was killed and a 50-year-old woman critically wounded over the weekend, both apparently unintended victims of separate gang-related shootings. In another gang-related incident, a 16-year-old boy was...

The nerve center for those charged with ensuring safety at the Democratic National Convention will be the city's new 911 center, a few blocks east of the United Center. Inside...

The gleaming 96-foot craft has the right name, and it's ready for the call. Now John May, business manager for the yacht El Presidente, hopes that call comes--the one that...

In Chicago 2,807 police officers will be assigned to security duty at the Democratic National Convention during the last week of August. Those officers will be drawn from several specialized...

In the large practice ring near the South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago police Lt. Tim Gainer barks to his officers, "Forward in a wedge!" Instantly, the 10 officers on horseback...

For six years, people with disabilities have sailed Lake Michigan waters, empowered through a Chicago Park District program that focuses on what they can do rather than what they cannot....

The fatal shootings of two men--a restaurateur and a Loop lawyer--apparently can be traced to one lawsuit and one gunman, police said Tuesday. The lawyer, Raymond Goldfarb, 59, of Buffalo...

Pullman Area violent crimes detectives are seeking to determine if there are any links among at least four death investigations in recent months involving women who have been strangled before...

Giant garbage cans clanked across sidewalks, litter clung to fences like so much ivy, roof shingles went airborne, and pedestrians held onto trees or slammed into one another on the...

Despite predictions of polling place chaos, the first real test of Illinois' new federal voter registration system produced few problems Tuesday. "It was much better than expected," said Tom Leach,...