Jack Houston

It was an outing perfectly suited for a warm spring day: Richard Mar and Diana Penman of Hanover Park packed up their 7-month-old twins in the family van Thursday and...

The assistant director of the downstate Champaign Public Library has been selected by the Des Plaines Public Library Board as its new library administrator, beginning June 1. Sandra Norlin, 50,...

Four students were expelled from Wheeling High School this week in connection with last month's seizure of at least two handguns and ammunition both on and off campus, school officials...

A construction worker was killed Tuesday when a 20-foot-tall asphalt hopper fell on him, police said. Raymond Heinz, 59, of Northbrook was pronounced dead at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights....

Pajerski Foods Inc., a hog slaughterhouse doing business as Pork King Packing at 8808 S. Illinois Highway 23 in Marengo, has agreed to pay $50,000 in civil penalties as part...

With 4 inches of snow down and 8 more on the way shortly after midnight Wednesday, the Black Bear was the only thing separating civilization from chaos. The Black Bear...

PTA presidents began meeting this week with Elementary District 15 teachers and administrators to address parents' concerns over next year's schedule. The meetings were called by Supt. John Conyers after...

With the winter's first snowfall, Greg Smith said, he once again watched his front and back yards being turned into a snowmobile expressway. On some days, up to 100 snowmobilers...

Margo Sugrue was headed out the door early Monday morning when she turned on the radio and heard about the Los Angeles earthquake. Sugrue, who lives in south suburban New...