More than 350 attend funeral of 20-year-old Army specialist who died of wounds suffered in Afghanistan blastFor many months, a photograph of Samuel Watts wearing camouflage and face...

Support staff has been working without a contract since 2010About 50 support staff members at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago marched outside the hospital...

March primary winner had been accused of stealing opponent's signsA misdemeanor theft charge was dropped Wednesday against a candidate for Cook County judge who was accused of stealing...

Claiming that a state law barring same-sex couples from getting married violates the due-process and equal protection clauses of the Illinois Constitution, two groups filed lawsuits...

Vote to unionize academy for at-risk kids met with threat of closure, organizers sayTeachers and staff at a Chicago charter school for troubled youths have filed an unfair labor...

Group wants auditor to detail what services are provided and who receives themAs Evanston aldermen consider methods for dissolving the township they also oversee as trustees, they want...

Union president calls proposals 'insulting,' 'ridiculous'Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that a new contract for Chicago firefighters will need to include cost-cutting reforms to the...

Three men abandoned their weekend robbery attempt when the Northwestern University student they had confronted pointed out that they were standing in front of the university police...

Metra delays after accident, second blaze near Brown Line add to afternoon commuter woesAll CTA trains on the Red, Brown and Purple lines north of downtown were halted for nearly three...

Hannibal, Mo., and Albany Park, Chicago: Shall never the Twain meet?Touring Mark Twain's boyhood home is pretty much the same as visiting other yesteryear residences. Someone in the...