CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's father-in-law, Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, on Thursday recanted allegations that the governor's chief fund-raiser traded government appointments for ...

CHICAGO | Gov. Rod Blagojevich's father-in-law, influential Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, said Tuesday he believes he was right to criticize the governor for closing a landfill run by a distant ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's father-in-law, Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, has avoided a defamation lawsuit by recanting allegations that the governor's chief fund-raiser traded ...

Such local flora and fauna as the Illinois state bird, Gibson’s steakhouse, Tony Rezko, former Ald. Richard Mell, former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and, memorably, the former U.S ...

Deborah Mell, the lesbian daughter of longtime Chicago Alderman Richard Mell and sister-in-law of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, appeared in court Wednesday to face charges of misdemeanor battery stemming ...