David Ibata

Citing concerns over possible lawsuits and burdensome taxes, a majority of the St. Charles Township Board voted Thursday to reject a proposed open space plan for the township. As a...

The new law that greatly increased the number of times trains must toot their whistles in Illinois may have ''seemed like a good idea at the time,'' as Gov. James...

People who live along the Burlington Northern rail line west of Chicago now know what it`s like to live in a lighthouse when the fog rolls in and the foghorn...

Commonwealth Edison restored power Thursday to 98 industrial firms that were cut off a day earlier, although demand for electricity hit the second highest total in the utility`s history as...

Quick action by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday ended a brief strike-sandwiched conveniently for riders between Thursday`s morning and evening rush hours-against the Chicago & North Western Railway....

Chicago & North Western commuters escaped a rush-hour strike Thursday morning after a frenetic day of activity on Wednesday marked by the railroad`s agreement to delay for nine hours the...

An early afternoon power outage shut down much of the fun at the Six Flags Great America Amusement Park Thursday in Gurnee, turning off half of the attractions and creating...

Chicago`s temperature climbed toward the 100 mark Tuesday for the second day in a row. By 3 p.m. on the first full day of summer, the temperature had reached 99...

West suburban Cook County residents who know about being up to their hipboots in floodwater and raw sewage that seemingly wouldn`t go away, found the politics of flooding lapping at...

It was only the first of June and already one Chicago suburb had imposed a lawn sprinkling ban to conserve water. Such steps usually are not taken this early, but...