BY MARK GUARINO CHICAGO Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:39am EST (Reuters) - Puppets aren't just about Muppets, kids and circuses. Indeed, an international puppetry festival in Chicago aims to redefine the art form and promises theatergoers an experience that, unlike so many in our digital age, can't [...]

BY MARK GUARINO CHICAGO Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:33am EST (Reuters) - Incoming Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner campaigned as a reformer of the state's often corrupt politics. But watchdog groups say activities surrounding his inauguration Monday are among the priciest of any incoming governor and take advantage [...]

By Mark Guarino CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, facing a slump in public approval of his job performance, will take his first formal step in making his case for a second term when he launches his re-election campaign on Saturday at a film studio [...]

By Mark Guarino CHICAGO Fri Sep 5, 2014 2:44pm EDT (Reuters) - A historic Chicago church apologized on Friday, a day after pieces of a gargoyle fell off the building's facade and killed a mother-of-two who was walking along the street. Sara Bean, 34, was killed [...]

By Mark Guarino Fri Sep 5, 2014 6:45pm EDT (Reuters) - A hospital in Illinois has barred children under 12 from visiting the facility until further notice due to an outbreak of an unknown respiratory virus that has affected more than 70 young children in the [...]

JAKARTA Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:54pm EDT (Reuters) - The body of an American tourist from Chicago has been found stuffed into a suitcase in Indonesia's resort island of Bali and the victim's daughter and her boyfriend have been arrested for what police suspect was a [...]

By Mark Guarino CHICAGO Thu Aug 7, 2014 3:37pm EDT Aug 7 (Reuters) - Detroit offered financial aid, extended payment plans and charity solutions for residents struggling to pay water bills as the bankrupt city wrestles with $90 million in delinquent payments. The city, which has [...]

BY MARK GUARINO | REUTERS CHICAGO (Reuters) - Detroit residents with unpaid water bills now have 21 more days to pay or set up a payment plan as the city reassesses its policy on how to deal with a $90 million backlog in unpaid bills, the [...]

By MARK GUARINO | Reuters NEW ORLEANS | Wed May 29, 2013 2:18pm EDT (Reuters) - A 10-year-old boy who was wounded by gunfire at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, the second time in a year he has been shot, is celebrating his 11th [...]

By MARK GUARINO | Reuters NEW ORLEANS | Thu May 16, 2013 9:23am EDT (Reuters) - New Orleans police arrested a man identified in connection with a shooting at a Mother's Day parade in which 19 people were injured, authorities said late on Wednesday. Akein Scott, [...]