The big picture: Fifty cast members and writers from Second City have been hired at "SNL." Plus, a handful more did comedy ...

The investigation that led to Michael Madigan’s indictment changed the course of Chicago history. It also prompted a historic ...

History often is complex and resistant to simple narratives. So are people. So it is a needlessly divisive mistake for DuPage ...

The Sun-Times is providing free text updates as attorneys wrap up closing arguments in the corruption trial of the former ...

Madigan and his longtime ally, Michael McClain, are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Jurors are expected to resume deliberations Monday morning.

Thompson attended the argument Tuesday. He is the grandson of Chicago’s late Mayor Richard J. Daley (D) and the nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley (D), the city’s two longest-serving mayors.

It's a name with a lot of weight in Chicago. Daley Thompson's grandfather was former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, his uncle is former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley. Though never a mayor, he is now ...

and during convention time it inevitably comes back to how Daley's father, Richard J. Daley, ruled the city during the ...