Jack Houston

A Rolling Meadows City Council member is questioning his colleagues` decision to dip into water and sewer funds to finance a new garage, which he contends may not be needed....

A territorial skirmish in the northwest suburbs has turned a 20-acre tract of farmland on Lake Cook Road into a virtual battleground. The clash in recent weeks has pitted village...

A 4-year-old Itasca boy was killed and his parents and a brother were injured in a New Year`s Eve fire ignited by an exploding Christmas tree light, officials said. The...

Crude oil futures dropped marginally Tuesday, going downhill against bullish news about a hardening public posture by Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf crisis and more tough talk from President...

An 8-year-old boy from Hanover Park who pushed another boy against a wall during a schoolyard scuffle was in Juvenile Court Tuesday in Rolling Meadows, charged in a juvenile petition...

When Illinois` new yard-waste law takes effect Sunday, it may catch some towns by surprise. But many others, Woodstock for one, should have no problem. The McHenry County community offered...

A number of the nation`s mayors on Saturday endorsed a resolution calling for Congress to adopt a five-year reauthorization for the beleaguered National Endowment for the Arts that would prevent...

Hundreds of chanting protesters, decrying inadequate health care for AIDS patients, marched through downtown Chicago on Monday, snarling traffic at busy intersections and littering their path with handbills. At least...

In a politically charged meeting, a North Side local school council voted Tuesday night in favor of reversing its original decision to fire the high school`s principal. Wells Community Academy...

Winter blasted back into the Chicago metropolitan area Wednesday with a fierce combination of relentless winds and biting snow that left rush hour travelers stranded for hours on snarled roads...