Allan Johnson

The growing popularity of black comedy clubs mirrors a new interest in comedy from an African-American perspective. The rise in black comedy started about two years ago, when nightclubs and...

For Blanca Jimenez, the bilingual program at Community Consolidated District 59`s Ridge School in Elk Grove Village has meant more than teaching her two children how to speak English. It...

It was a bright yet mild morning Tuesday when a yellow bus parked in front of Marion Hoyer and the many other eager parents gathered at Dryden School. Steadying a...

Pupils at Clearmont School in Elk Grove Village will be heading back to classrooms next week, but not to the ones they expected. Clearmont, at 280 Clearmont Drive, is undergoing...

Despite the protests of some homeowners that Prospect Heights does not need a new $2 million police station, aldermen are refusing to abandon the project. One reason is that the...

The sentencing of an 18-year-old Arlington Heights man, who pleaded guilty to supplying beer to minors at a party that led to a car crash killing three teenage girls in...

The system of churches that provides shelter and assistance to the homeless in the suburbs is getting a jump on what could be an increase in the number of people...

Wheeling is considering joining other villages and towns in reworking its law to allow some in-home businesses. The Village Board is accepting ideas for changes to the Home Occupation Ordinance...

Think of pool halls, and the images come to mind: dark, smoky rooms, booze, the soft clack of pool balls, Paul Newman teaching young Tom Cruise how to hustle suckers,...