Mercy Home for Boys and Girls

When the president of All Hallows College in Ireland saw the regal man on the framed canvas, he knew the portrait buried in a Dublin basement should head home to Chicago. The painting of Patrick Feehan, Chicago's first Roman Catholic archbishop,...

Until recently, Brenda Myers-Powell had no idea the impact she had on Tilisha Harrison's life more than 20 years ago. In fact, for a year, the two women crossed paths in the hallway at work and never knew they shared a past. Since last March, Myers-...

The Chicago Tribune released its annual Top Workplaces survey Monday, with a broad cross section of companies -- and dozens of new names -- earning recognition as the best places to work in Chicago.  Abt Electronics and Coyote Logistics repeated as the...

The thriller “Downers Grove” – which revolves around a high school in Downers Grove, Ill. where one senior mysteriously dies at the end of each year -- was supposed to begin filming in Louisiana last spring. But here we are in November...

When 49-year-old John Palecki sings the old tune, "Proud Mary", with his Brooklyn-based band, Melodic Soul, he may not quite sound like Ike and Tina Turner--or even John Fogarty from Creedence Clearwater Revival--two other 1960's era bands that turned the...

With a brother in college and a sister in her junior year of high school, Jim Cullen says it was the scholarship money he received …...

Gala celebrates commitment to helping others; 90 percent of proceeds to go to scholarships ELMHURST, Ill., March 28, 2012 – Elmhurst College’s third annual Evening …...

More than 200 Chicago police officers, former officers and their families packed a makeshift chapel today at the Fraternal Order of Police, offering a unified prayer to heal a popular former police superintendent in the fight of his life. Philip J....

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The family of SeaWorld Orlando trainer killed a year ago when she was pulled underwater by a whale has established a foundation to carry on her passion for life and love of others. The Times of Munster reports that (http:/...

You didn’t have to wait until my Monday column to hear Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari went out on a date over the weekend. The once-private Cutler tweeted his plans to his 150,000 followers Friday. “Dinner date night with @KristinCav,&...