Richard Francis was laid to rest Monday after 27 years on the Police Department; long watches on midnights; 35 honorable mentions; naval service in the Mekong Delta; 10 years of loving his wife and two stepdaughters, and always being there to back up fellow officers with his police wagon.
For as little as $5, you could win a backstage pass to Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next month.
Mayor Daley’s plan to license “expediters” to curb corruption in Chicago’s Buildings and Zoning departments ran into a buzz saw of opposition Monday from aldermen concerned about making an already complex system even more intimidating and costly for “the little guy.”
One year after a secretly recorded videotape of her in a bikini derailed her career as a Chicago television news reporter, Amy Jacobson is fighting back.
A Waukegan man being sought for the weekend slaying of his wife also is a suspect in the suspicious fire last May that destroyed the couple's north suburban home, sources said Monday.
