Estelle Gonzales Walgreen: "I am practically blind from all the holy water thrown at me" As one of 33 million Catholic Latinos in the U.S. I am well versed on the rosary, novenas, penance and the versatile uses of holy water when one is in hot water.

Fashion's Night Out 2010 A is one of theA biggest shopping events in the world and some of Chicago's premiere Men's shops are taking part in it.

Elizabeth Cook "The title of the fifth and latest album by country singer Elizabeth Cook, Welder , reportedly refers both to the profession her father learned while serving hard time for running moonshine and to the way she likes to bring in elements from other genres," writes Peter Margasak.

Two police officers were shot while conducting a search warrant early Wednesday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, said Chicago Police Supt.

Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley says the city will consolidate some departments in an effort to streamline government and save money.

A state inspector will review the blasting records of a west suburban quarry near where a disturbance measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale shook the area Tuesday afternoon.

Robots - or at least their stand-ins - are taking over Millennium Park on Thursday.

The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city.

UWE STAUFENBERG just got his kicks on Route 66, and he did it at less than 30 miles an hour.

The Chicago Jazz Festival gets underway tomorrow with a full slate of concerts at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

The Fraternal Order of Police is urging its members to march on police headquarters Sept.

Share + Sep 1, 2010 8:57 am US/Central AURORA, Ill. A 78-year-old patient at Provena Mercy Medical Center in west suburban Aurora was stabbed in her room Tuesday night, apparently by a man visiting a family member in the hospital.

Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis is taking an unconventional approach to gang violence.

Six of the eight condos for sale at 950 N. Michigan Avenue were on yesterday's broker tour.

'Come on down!' Contestants guess retail values for prizes on TV's longest-running game show.

More Chicago politicians are reacting to Police Superintendent Jody Weis' meeting with gang members.

A few months ago I found myself behind the wheel of a VW Routan ( van ) as a rental car. I was pleased to see that VW had finally built a van. But the more I drove it, the sicker I got. You see, I was once the owner of a 2000 VW Jetta GLX VR6, so I'm very keen on VW styling, engineering and manurism cues. After driving the VW Routan for a day, I was unpleasantly met with a broken AC and the auto doors just didn't work right. I had stopped at a gas station and popped the hood, and that's when I felt like I had been kicked by a mule between the legs...read more

A longtime symbol of summer's end in Chicago is now over. For the first time in nearly four decades, there was no White Party this year.

While most of the big video game companies create their zombies and program their digital mayhem on the left coast, Wideload Games is happy to be making family-friendly games in Chicago 's West Loop.

Mayor Richard M. Daley will travel with a delegation of Chicago's business and cultural leaders to the cities of Shanghai, China and Busan and Seoul, Korea from September 18-24 as part of an economic development trip to highlight Chicago as a premier global business and tourist destination.