Leann Spencer

Almost a week after a tree-killing beetle made its first public appearance in Ravenswood, reported sightings of the Asian longhorn beetle are turning up from Calumet City to Deerfield as...

Preservationists heaved a big sigh of relief Friday as state officials ruled that a historic David Adler-designed house in Winnetka should be placed on the National Register of Historic Places....

Most folks unhappy with their elected officials might simply say things are going to hell in a handcart--but on the North Shore, many people like to be more lyrical and...

It has been nearly 10 years since a madwoman stepped into a 2nd-grade classroom in north suburban Winnetka, brandished two handguns and opened fire, killing one child and wounding five...

The name is Pritzker. Get used to it. J.B. Pritzker has upped the ante in the Democratic primary race for the 9th Congressional District by purchasing about $500,000 of regional...

Less than two weeks ago, Sarah Silins was a homecoming queen leading a parade of teenage well-wishers before a football game. On Sunday, Silins led another parade, but it required...

Boy Scout David Michael, of North Chicago, was up a hour before dawn Wednesday to eat cold Pop-Tarts and apples and drink milk. He and his buddies had spent the...

In a move that seals the future of one of the last large parcels of undeveloped land on the North Shore, Highland Park and Highwood have agreed to pay $5.75...

Evanston, a city known for its tolerance of myriad lifestyles, has become the first Illinois municipality to explicitly extend basic civil rights protections to transgender individuals. In a unanimous vote...

A director of the Museum of Science and Industry once told the nation's industrial leaders that he hoped the museum "would never be finished." And, indeed, since its official opening...