Rachel Osterman

With a low-budget but sophisticated game plan that would make any political strategist proud, East Maine School District 63 did what the vast majority of Illinois school districts couldn't do...

Reacting to a recent increase in fatal motorcycle crashes, Illinois State Police said Wednesday they are starting to keep closer tabs on speedy riders, and a Chicago alderman has proposed...

People who think accounting is boring have never tried to balance the books in Carpentersville, where some of the worst municipal record-keeping in the state has resulted in four years...

Ending months of negotiation, Morton Grove has reached agreement with a Muslim group that will allow it to build a mosque, village officials said Tuesday. The agreement, reached with help...

After preparing for a flood expected to be the worst ever, most Des Plaines residents were still dry Wednesday, growing cautiously optimistic that they would dodge a soggy bullet. "We're...

Mayor Richard Daley on Monday endorsed a proposed deal that would allow the Chicago Cubs to host additional night games at Wrigley Field, virtually assuring its approval by the City...

Four members of a Chicago family were killed Sunday as their minivan spun out of control on a snow-covered Iowa highway, officials said. The family was returning home from a...

All 1,000 boys attending a Northwest Side Catholic high school will face mandatory drug screens next fall--a new requirement that lands them smack in the middle of a simmering national...

As a high school junior, Army Spec. Uday Singh made a trip that persuaded him to move to the United States. Visiting his aunt in Lake Forest in 1998, Singh,...

A month after a stray Asian longhorned beetle was spotted near Oz Park, city workers Tuesday removed three trees with signs of infestation in the area. The trees, two silver...