Brian Cox

Exposed to the swine flu virus after her teenage daughter was stricken, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) canceled a visit Monday to a Hoffman Estates junior high school where she planned...

An Elk Grove gay bar popular with cross-dressers now requires them to show a valid photo ID that matches their "gender presentation." Put another way, they now need a photo...

These women can play, and they hit hard too. The Chicago Bliss football team kicked off its inaugural Lingerie Football League season Friday night with a 29-19 win over the...

Steve Little has a message for anyone who thinks of ham radio operators as relics of the past: Stop by Evanston's Grosse Point Lighthouse on Saturday to see otherwise. Lighthouses...

For the second time in recent years, public art is proving controversial in Evanston, where one official questioned whether a sculpture of two figures perched atop a garage suggests a...

A posse of "guerrilla gardeners" who flower-bombed a vacant lot in Evanston want to know who mowed down the wildflowers that sprouted. "We keep getting conflicting information," said Carla Hayden...

Bird-watchers in Evanston will have their necks craned skyward this week and cell phones at their sides as they shepherd young falcons through their first awkward months of life. Thanks...

EVANSTON New city manager is announced After a yearlong search, Evanston this week selected Walter J. Bobkiewicz III as its new city manager, according to a news release. Bobkiewicz has...

DEERFIELD Auto industry woes spur police purchase The precarious state of the auto industry helped persuade the Village of Deerfield this week to approve the purchase of nine new police...

Police departments in the north and northwest suburbs are feeling the strain of economic woes, with school anti-drug programs and purchases of squad cars taking a back seat to keeping...