Mercy Home for Boys and Girls

Chicago's first archbishop was 'good prelate, good man'

2013-05-19 00:00:00

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,...

Trice: Woman meets ex-prostitute who set her straight — 20 years earlier

2013-03-04 00:00:00

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-...

Abt, Coyote Logistics, iD Commerce top Chicago workplaces

2012-11-12 22:05:00

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...

Nikki Reed's 'Downers Grove' film on hold, LMFAO DJing at Enclave, 'Cake Boss' eats Lou Malnati's

2011-11-17 08:22:00

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...

Brooklyn's Sisters Of Mercy Bring Music To Most Needy

2012-04-10 00:00:00

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...

Elmhurst College Evening for Scholarships Nearly Sold Out

2012-03-12 16:35:10

Elmhurst College's Evening for Scholarships Raises Most Funds Yet

2012-03-28 16:34:53

Hundreds pray for ailing former police superintendent

2011-08-14 15:42:00

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....

Jay Cutler's not-so private 'date night' with Kristin Cavallari

2011-11-13 19:20:00

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,&...

Bears' Kellen Davis served Thanksgiving dinner at the Mercy Home for Boys & Girls November 15, 2011 with the help of his teammates and Trump Chicago.

2011-11-17 10:48:14