Former mayor took advantage of state's convoluted systemTwo years into his reign as Chicago's longest-serving mayor, Richard M. Daley took advantage of the state's convoluted pension system to significantly increase his potential payout while saving $400,000 in contributions, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation has found.

Chicago actor, director helped promote African-American theater community Okoro Harold Johnson, a veteran of film, stage and television, mentored thousands in the African-American theater community and in 1971 co-founded the eta Creative Arts Foundation.

TV writer worked in public relations, 'took a bite out of life'Virginia A. "Ginny" Blair wrote plays for local CBS and ABC television stations before shifting to public relations work with Smith Bucklin & Associates, where she worked for more than 20 years.

Australians who spent a lot of time sitting at a desk or in front of a TV were more likely to die of any cause during a three-year period than those who were only sedentary a few hours a day, according to a study.

Naperville mom who killed her 3 kids tells French TV that she suffered from mental illnessThe law enforcement officials who led the case against Marilyn Lemak say her comments in a new documentary do nothing to dispute a jury's finding that she killed her three children in 1999 as an act of spite against her then-estranged husband.

Former USO entertainer went on to work as library clerkElaine Rodgers Jackson danced at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, toured with the USO during World War II, sang with a quartet that recorded albums and appeared in television commercials.

Convicted former governor pleads his case in made-for-TV farewell on eve of imprisonmentRod Blagojevich may have a problem with hidden recording devices, but the convicted former governor rarely met a camera he didn't like and that held true even Wednesday with a choreographed-for-TV farewell on the eve of his imprisonment.

Law library, computers, TVs, two gymnasiums part of planA proposed immigration detention center in the south suburbs would include a law library, computers, TVs, two gymnasiums and a cafeteria with "ethnically based" food, according to documents obtained Friday by the Tribune.

Survey shows front-runner leads in Chicagoland, but rival stronger DownstateRepublican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney's campaign has long considered Illinois to be in its win column, but a new Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows the candidate has some work to do to make that a reality.

Muddled Super Tuesday results to prompt campaign fight unlike any state has seen in decades Hours before Mitt Romney captured a narrow-but-essential victory in Ohio's Super Tuesday Republican presidential primary, a political action committee pushing his candidacy went up with TV ads in Chicago and around the state.

Chicago newsman whose career included stints in print, radio and TVIn a 60-year journalism career that spanned print, television and radio, John Madigan made his name interviewing the political elite in a sharp, straightforward manner that was critical but never rude.

Boy used to watch TV for 6 hours a day — now running has put him on an entirely different pathThe summer before he entered seventh grade, Big Eugene was hanging around outside his apartment when the guy next door came by and handed him a stack of fliers about a new running program for neighborhood kids.

WGN-TV poll shows 45 percent in favor, 45 percent opposedIllinois voters are split over health care reform, even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to weigh the constitutionality of a crucial piece of President Barack Obama's signature initiative.

 It depends, says one respondent in Tribune/WGN-TV pollComplaining about government red tape and interference is as American as a screeching bald eagle.

Men's role in tending to loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia soars amid evolving views on gender roles, longer livesDoug Wyman will get up early Tuesday to make breakfast for his wife, Barbara: coffee, oatmeal and fresh fruit. He'll draw a bath and help her get dressed, then sit with her through her favorite morning TV shows.

5 children have been injured or killed in Chicago area in recent monthsThe email alert was inventive, if not romantic: "Give the gift of life for Valentine's Day. Anchor (your TV) and protect a child."

Northwestern University students have been exploring the competitive jungle that is reality TV — and now some "survivors" have spoken to them about it.

— Proceedings of the U.S. Supreme Court, long kept out of the view of most Americans, would be televised under a bipartisan bill approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It was the fifth reported instance of a child being struck by a falling TV in recent months. The children in the other incidents died.A 2-year-old girl was hurt after a dresser and a 29-inch TV fell on her in a home in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

Only 3 in 10 voters approve of governor's job performance, while 54 percent disapproveDemocratic Gov. Pat Quinn finds his leadership under fire from Illinois voters unhappy with the state's economy, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.

Most Illinois voters approve of president's job, Tribune/WGN-TV poll showsDespite the sluggish economy, most Illinois voters approve of Barack Obama's handling of the presidency and the president appears poised for a general election victory in his home state this fall, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.

Blood streaked the edge of an overturned television in the tiny, sparsely furnished living room where 13-month-old Shaun Brown had been playing just hours before.

Bullets pierce window in what police call a gang-related slayingJames Romero was watching television about midnight Monday at his Northlake home when four or five shots rang out and bullets pierced the living room window, his brother said.

'Charity raffle' machines operate in Bolingbrook, Channahon bars; Joliet urged to follow suitAt Tailgaters' expansive sports bar in Bolingbrook, patrons can bet $2 every few seconds on touch-screen, bingolike games while sipping their beers and watching TV.

Deaths of 3 Chicago-area children from television tip-overs spur another look at safetyThe recent news of three Chicago-area children fatally crushed by falling TVs has rippled far beyond their communities to help reignite the debate on TV safety.

Actor Rob Lowe will sport a graying mustache when he plays Drew Peterson in a made-for-TV movie airing across America on basic cable this weekend, but the real Drew Peterson has his work cut out for him if he wants to smirk along with the performance.

4-year-old girl dies after set tips over onto herBefore heading off to Minnesota more than a week ago, Adam Hadjis leaned over and kissed his 4-year-old daughter goodbye as she slept. It would be the last time he saw her.

A 4-year-old girl in University Park was pronounced dead Sunday after a television fell on her head, officials said.

As the Republican presidential candidates and their mouthpieces prattle on the TV from sunny South Carolina, I look up from the screen and out the window and sigh, a conservative heretic at rest, staring at all that cold Midwestern snow.

In TV interview, first lady challenges new book's depiction of her— With a new book portraying Michelle Obama as an assertive force within the White House, the first lady has challenged the notion that she's "some kind of angry black woman."