Leann Spencer

The cranes stopping traffic early Friday on U.S. Highway 41 near Gurnee were not of the avian variety that frequents the area. Instead, the cranes that hovered over the pavement...

Army and environmental regulators will discuss the removal of unexploded ordnance from historic Ft. Sheridan at a committee meeting Wednesday. Officials have been removing unexploded ordnance, including grenades and ammunition...

Federal regulators have announced a $26 million cleanup plan for the leaking Yeoman Creek landfill site in north Waukegan. Because the landfill is leaking hazardous waste into the nearby Yeoman...

When environmental advisers for Ft. Sheridan meet Wednesday, they will be talking about the proposed cleanup for Landfills 6 and 7. The twin landfills, which lie on the southern end...

The Army, in conjunction with the Illinois and U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies, will hold two informational meetings Wednesday concerning a recommended plan to clean up two landfills at Ft. Sheridan....

Forest Preserve President James LaBelle (R-Zion) on Tuesday is expected to explain in detail his reasons for abolishing the district's Wildlife Advisory Committee and announce the creation of a advisory...

In a few short years, instead of a cache of deadly weapons, the distinctive features of the Savanna Army Depot will be a new 9,300-acre federally protected refuge and recreation...

The public is invited to a hearing Wednesday on a plan to expand the landfill owned by Browning Ferris Industries Inc. at 301 Green Bay Rd. The purpose of the...

The golfers you see on many area courses, bouncing across fairways in motorized carts, are looking for birdies, all right. But only the kind that will enhance a scorecard. Most...

Giant garbage cans clanked across sidewalks, litter clung to fences like so much ivy, roof shingles went airborne, and pedestrians held onto trees or slammed into one another on the...