Jean Latz Griffin

Mayor Richard M. Daley said Friday that he would plant a tree with Tom Hayden, the former Chicago 7 protester, when Hayden returns to town Aug. 26-29 as a delegate...

My assignment, whether I wanted to accept it or not, was to find out just where in Wisconsin my college-age son was going camping the next day with a handful...

Rina Lieberman looked up from the work stretched out in front of her and shyly explained why she would spend her spare time in a grungy office. "I'm very interested...

Maybe you need to know how the morning sky will look from the third moon of Jupiter in 2121 for a sci-fi story you are writing. Or perhaps you want...

`Cool Crafts" is a rainy-day lifesaver CD-ROM for people who are afraid that kids aren't spending enough time being creative because of the growing influence of computers. It's a great...

Anti-tax pledges did not go very far with voters in two of the three districts with contested primaries in the northwest suburbs, as incumbents easily defeated challengers promising a harder...

With fewer than half of precincts reporting, both incumbents were leading in McHenry County's Republican legislative primary Tuesday. State Rep. Ann Hughes (R-Woodstock) led Steven Verr of McHenry by 54...

Will the real anti-tax group please stand up? In the surreal world of political endorsements, charges have erupted over the integrity of two groups with "taxpayer" in their names. The...

Taxes were a key issue discussed Monday by five candidates running for state representative from McHenry County. Approximately 75 residents turned out for the candidates' night, which was sponsored by...

Friday, the groundhog popped from his hole, sniffed a blast of frozen air and high-tailed it underground to escape for the rest of winter. Saturday, the couch potato can pop...