David Ibata

Many people concerned about high-speed trains flashing through their communities fear that the things they already dislike about railroads would be worse at 110 m.p.h. than they are at 70...

A household hazardous waste collection, giving residents of the north and northwest suburbs a chance to get rid of toxic chemicals, has been scheduled for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m....

Wheeling trustees Monday night unanimously rejected pleas from local industries to extend the tax breaks they've historically enjoyed under a Cook County incentive program. Taking a straw vote during a...

A Hinsdale hardware store has been named the DuPage County drop-off site for the lawn mower trade-in program, a clean-air project of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. DuPage residents who want...

A decade after Schaumburg first tried to put together a deal to build a convention center, village trustees have taken the plunge to buy 45 acres along the Northwest Tollway...

The county Health Department announced plans to offer low-cost flu immunizations in October at a number of sites around the county. Health officials urged members of high-risk populations to receive...

In anticipation of temperatures soaring back to the 90s later this week, Harvard Unit School District 50 has put out a "heat alert" notifying parents that public schools and St....

Construction began this week on a $2.7 million expansion of the Crystal Lake Public Library, at 126 Paddock St. The library will remain open during the 18-month project. A 13,000-square-foot...

Railroad crews on Tuesday closed Three Oaks Road just west of U.S. Highway 14 to make way for a rail crossing upgrade and intersection improvement project. Three Oaks is scheduled...

Activists and environmentalists have called a taxpayers' public meeting for Thursday night to rally opposition against the proposed Illinois Highway 53 toll road through central Lake County and its planned...