Jeff Borgardt

ELK GROVE VILLAGE 'No-idling' zones being proposed Elk Grove Village may tell truckers and motorists to turn off their engines while waiting to make deliveries or pick up their children...

OAK LAWN Principal to take over as superintendent Less than a week after Oak Lawn Community High School District 229's superintendent announced that he is leaving the one-school district, the...

BLUE ISLAND Hospital-transfer plan likely to be done by fall The transfer of ownership of St. Francis Hospital & Health Center should be complete before the fall, officials said this...

PALATINE Council plans to break with convention bureau The Village Council has balked at renewing its membership in the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau, though council members say they may...

DES PLAINES Firm chosen to upgrade Forest Preserve trail The City Council has selected an engineering firm to prepare plans to upgrade a section of the Des Plaines River Trail...

FRANKFORT Securities firm set to buy Heritage Hall After three years in limbo, the fate of Frankfort's Heritage Hall appears to be settled. Trustees this week approved negotiations to sell...

WHEELING Village Board OKs option on 10 acres The Wheeling Village Board has approved paying $125,000 for an option to buy 10 acres at the northeast corner of Dundee and...

LOCKPORT Detours set as bridge reconstruction looms Detour routes through Joliet have been mapped out in anticipation of the closing of the Illinois Highway 7 bridge over the Des Plaines...

JUSTICE Suburbs want ramp off Tri-State to reopen Mayors and other elected officials from the near southwest suburbs agreed to work toward reopening a Tri-State Tollway offramp at 88th Avenue...

FRANKFORT Builder gets extra time for subdivision A developer can have more time to build a residential subdivision in the weakened housing market, but Frankfort trustees want upscale amenities to...