Joakim Noah had 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the first triple-double by a Chicago center in roughly 35 years, and the Bulls simply ran away with this one. The Central Division leaders built an 11-point halftime lead and broke it open in the... 

It was in March of 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low started her first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Ga. Since then thousands of girls have enjoyed scouting activities across the country, including, of course, selling cookies, although that didn’t start... 

The Rev. Emily Mellott is becoming a common sight at the Lombard Metra station every Ash Wednesday, marking crosses on commuters’ foreheads and bringing the tradition signaling the beginning of Lent into people’s daily lives.While Ashes to... 

Twenty years ago, no one really knew for certain if a low-key, thoughtful, Harvard-educated former Chicago Bears offensive lineman and a street-wise, ahem, opinionated hot dog stand owner and high school dropout could create something special for upstart... 

It came and went in a flash, a number on a board for seconds at a time, but its symbolic power couldn’t be dismissed. The Dow Jones industrial average, powered higher all year by optimism that the economic recovery is finally for real, crossed 13,000... 

Gov. Pat Quinn plans to call for closing 14 state facilities, including eight run by the Corrections Department, when he presents his proposal for a new Illinois budget that would slash spending throughout state government, a person familiar with the... 

Michael Jordan sued Jewel-Osco, saying his image was used “commercial speech” in an ad, which ran in a Sports Illustrated issue commemorating Jordan’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. A federal judge ruled that the 2009 ad... 

THEATER REVIEW: “The Second City Improv All-Stars” in UP Comedy Club at Second City If any one town can claim to have invented improv, it’s Chicago. It’s been that way since July 5, 1955, when the Compass Players opened their first... 

The Stevenson High School board may make a statement tonight about a drug investigation at the Lincolnshire school that led to charges against two students. The board meeting is the first since the juvenile court charges were announced last week, ending... 

The Stevenson High School board may make a statement tonight about a drug investigation at the Lincolnshire school that led to charges against two students. The board meeting is the first since the juvenile court charges were announced last week, ending...