Carri Karuhn

As Perry Crafton fiddled back in the 1950s, his desire burned for an orchestra he could call his own. As a violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Crafton saw a...

Handgun issues took center stage in two communities this week as one town approved an outright ban on the sale of handguns and another passed a resolution urging the state...

Art student Caroline Witt was nearly finished making a vase for her older brother and had fashioned a tropical blue fish, which was curing in the class kiln. But she...

Officials are considering quadrupling the minimum fine for anyone found serving alcohol to minors at a party of teenagers in a private residence. Members of the Judiciary Planning and Zoning...

Residents were given a chance to view floor plans and voice opinions last week on a proposed 58,000-square-foot family recreation center that voters will be asked to approve in an...

Village officials have reached a tentative two-year contract with union employees in the Public Works Department. The agreement, which would take effect in January, calls for 4 percent wage increase...

Officials are considering implementing a recycling program in the industrial and commercial sectors of the village. If the proposed program is adopted, scavengers would be required to offer a recycling...

Her legs trapped beneath the steering column, Amee Surati lay bleeding and shivering in the cold after an auto accident last month. Emergency crews smashed the windshield and sawed off...

Village officials have granted zoning variances that will allow a company to build a theater complex in the Westview Shopping Center. Kerasotes Theatres, a family-owned company that shows first-run movies...

The village has amended its home day-care ordinance to increase the number of children allowed in such arrangements. The action comes six months after the state Department of Children and...