Joseph Kirby

Mt. Prospect trustees have repealed a controversial ordinance that would for the first time have allowed a convenience store to sell wine or beer. Trustees in June voted to create...

Nearly a week after a Mt. Prospect car accident left two 14-year-old girls dead and three other teenagers injured, local police and the Cook County state`s attorney have not released...

The nationally televised hearings pitting Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas against Anita Hill in a case of alleged sexual harassment have evoked a wide swath of emotions from blacks, ranging...

In an attempt to increase awareness of a growing public concern, the Arlington Heights Library Board is considering a new policy that seeks to prevent discrimination against its employees because...

Jeff Williams conducted an exhaustive search before settling on his current home on the south side of Arlington Heights. His decision was influenced by the village`s character and the home`s...

A worker at a Lake County construction site was killed Thursday when the walls of a 22-foot-deep trench in which he was toiling collapsed, burying the man alive and thwarting...

Republican mayoral candidate George Gottlieb on Saturday condemned Mayor Richard Daley`s plan for a major airport on the Southeast Side as an ''ill-conceived'' idea with the potential of becoming an...

None of the excuses given by others for low voter turnout in Tuesday`s primary-the war, talk of recession, even the occasional snow flurries that fell in some towns-could keep Minnie...

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this week that the Hispanic population in the northwest suburbs more than doubled in the 1980s, but those numbers are no surprise to the owners...

Overwhelmed by legal fees, supporters of a handgun ban in Des Plaines decided Friday to drop their fight to get the controversial issue on the April 2 ballot. The drive...