She has no days off, but that’s what she signed up for because “so much needed to be done.” Each…

Between 1997 and 1999, 32 to 34 babies were found abandoned every year, according to the Illinois Department of Children…

Traffic congestion in and around the Chicago metropolitan area costs the region $7.3 billion a year, a new study commissioned…

“It's Bud Billiken time,” Mayor Richard M. Daley declared at a special luncheon honoring this year’s Bud Billiken Royal Court.…

Alittle over one year after shuttering two of its three movie houses, Chicago-based Inner City Entertainment continues to thrive with…

Potbelly Sandwich Works recently named Alywin Lewis, 54, its new president and CEO. He replaces Bryant Keil, founder and chairman.

The rumor mill swirled with reports that one of the “Original Kings of Comedy,” Bernie Mac, had died Saturday after…

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black…

Authorities say police investigating five slayings at a south suburban Chicago clothing store earlier this year have gone to Texas…

A federal judge ruled this week that strip searches of male inmates released by court order from Cook County Jail…