Stanley Holmes

Home-sewing contractors and factory workers have few places to turn when it comes to ensuring they are paid fair wages and have decent working conditions. Major retailers don't always check...

A serious motorcycle accident prompted Benedict J. Michalowski to quit his job as a construction worker after 25 years and seek a more spiritual life helping others. After six years...

She lived longer than any other infant who had been born with the same fatal disease. For nine weeks, Alexandra Crawford of Grayslake, known as "Baby Alex," waited in intensive...

The dark days flooded back into Lake and McHenry Counties with a vengeance Wednesday. Skies were dark, basements were dark, traffic lights were dark and the mood of Lake County...

Lake Forest College has concluded a five-year effort to increase its endowment after raising more than $41 million. It was the largest and most successful fundraising drive in the 117-year...

The president of the School District 67 board and a fellow board member, who both served during the recent test-cheating and financial scandals, resigned this week. School officials said the...

Speaking at rallies, restaurants and churches, two powerful Illinois Democrats tromped through typically Republican turf over the weekend to urge Lake County voters to cast their ballots for Democrats in...

A state hearing officer has upheld a decision by the School Board to terminate a tenured gym teacher at Cherokee Elementary School after discovering he was charged with public indecency....

Before North Chicago's unprecedented school dissolution plan was delivered to county officials Tuesday, the questions began. Can the more than 11,500 students in North Chicago and neighboring districts continue going...

Developers and the city are expected to submit sealed bids Friday in a private auction to acquire one of the North Shore's most valuable properties-the Highland Park Country Club. Prospective...