David Ibata

The battle lines for April`s general election were drawn Tuesday in three northwest suburbs when voters went to the polls to narrow the field of candidates for the upcoming mayoral...

Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson is miles ahead of the competition in his re-election bid, at least in terms of collecting donations for his political campaign committee. According to financial disclosure...

A north suburban man was arrested last week for allegedly doing what Cook County Forest Preserve officials say ultimately may be the only effective way to reduce the deer population....

The population of northwest suburban Cook County shot up 18 percent during the 1980s, according to final numbers from last year`s count released Wednesday by the Bureau of the Census....

Backers of a Schaumburg convention center cleared a big hurdle this week as state officials approved the agreement that will dictate how five communities will fund and run the project....

The opening of the United Airlines regional reservations facility on the north side of O`Hare International Airport has prompted state highway officials to begin plans to reconstruct Touhy Avenue between...

Attorneys for F.T. ''Mike'' Graham and another leader of Lake County`s open space movement said Thursday that the U.S. attorney`s office had ended a nearly 2-year-old investigation of alleged vote-buying...

Two small Lake County communities that are trying to incorporate to avoid being swallowed by their growth-conscious neighbors have discovered those neighbors don`t necessarily like the idea. Volo, an old...

The Illinois Department of Transportation, seeking to gain control of the right of way of the proposed Illinois Highway 53 expressway through Lake County, has completed negotiations for land and...

A sudden 30-second storm called a microburst destroyed 25 buildings in an industrial park in northwest suburban Streamwood Friday morning and injured five people, one of them critically. With winds...