CHICAGO (CBS) --On the day former Gov. Rod Blagojevich began serving his prison sentence, CBS 2 has learned he and his father-in-law, Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) have reconciled, nearly seven years after ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Another political dynasty in Chicago is coming to an end. Alderman Deb Mell has conceded in her reelection bid in the 33rd Ward, paving the way for Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez to take ...

Deborah Mell was still in elementary school, 6th or 7th grade, when she began making bicycle trips to a neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side where she could get a gay newspaper. At the newsstand, ...

While Rod Blagojevich faced a federal corruption trial, his long-estranged father-in-law, Dick Mell, edged back into the lives of his daughter, former first lady Patti Blagojevich, and granddaughters.

Sun-Times Media Dick Mell still throwing his weight around in his old ward. Dick Mell may have stepped down from his job as alderman, but he’s hardly given up his clout in the 33rd Ward. Mell ...