Jeff Long

Hoping for a victory in court before the March 21 primary contest, seven judicial candidates in Lake and McHenry Counties are asking a judge in Springfield to throw out a...

Financially struggling school districts throughout the northwest suburbs are asking voters to approve property tax increases to maintain education programs and build new schools. Other issues on the March 21...

A towering statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius decked out in a Santa hat has become part of the festive scenery in Spring Grove. The improbable story started a few...

Jim LaShelle was teaching 5th graders 27 years ago in Mt. Carroll, in northwest Illinois, when he became principal at Edgebrook Elementary School. His future wife Judy started teaching at...

A school project when he was in 5th grade got Wayne Kusy interested in using toothpicks to make art. Starting Wednesday, Kusy, 44, will be showing his biggest project at...

After determining that safety gates at an Elmwood Park railroad crossing appeared to be working properly, federal investigators on Thursday suggested that a crash between a Metra train and several...

Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. has picked one of eight bidders to buy its closed plant in Harvard, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. She declined to name the bidder. A spokesman for...

John Luczynski wasn't happy when a marketing guy walked into his office and said there was a problem with a new housing development in Huntley because its proposed name had...

Among the questions likely to be asked some day by folks in a new subdivision planned for Huntley is "Why is my street named Blanchard?" or "Who was Cummings?" The...

Farmer Bob Bleuer stood last week on dry, cracked ground amid cornstalks never likely to bear kernels, fingering tassels on plants as high as his chest. "It should all be...