David Ibata

The federal government issued new rules Tuesday requiring airlines to replace older, noisier aircraft with quieter models by the year 2000, but some suburban airport critics said the measures would...

More traffic or more tolls? Though village officials in Palatine, Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates aren`t keen on the idea of charging more tolls on the Northwest Tollway, they`re lured by...

Classes will open on schedule Wednesday in Unit School District 46, but a spokesman for teachers warned that a formal notice to strike the Elgin-based school system would go out...

All in all, it`s been a good year for well diggers. Sun lovers have enjoyed the aesthetics of picture-perfect days with lots of sunshine, low humidity, balmy breezes and a...

Northwest suburban homeowners can expect property tax increases of 5 to 10 percent this year, far less than increases of 30 percent and more predicted for the south and west...

Though showers brought cooler temperatures Tuesday, they did little to ease near-drought conditions as full watering bans continued in at least two northwest suburbs. As spectacular as they were at...

Pat Foster lives in Park Ridge and has an accounting business in Chicago. But once a month he dresses in women`s clothing to pose as Mary Ann Foster, host of...

Chicago`s suburbs will lose millions of dollars in state income-tax surcharge revenue as a result of Wednesday`s House-passed budget compromise, and many collar-county communities will be hit doubly hard because...

In a move that could soothe some upset feelings among homeowners on the east side of Schaumburg, the Park District has disclosed it is seeking more land to ensure additional...

At a time when most area residents were sleeping in, Chicagoan Ted Kamberos rose at dawn Thursday to begin his 4th of July ritual. By 8:30 a.m., when Kamberos, his...