Kristen Schorsch

Trustee Paul Hoefert this week suggested the village board consider a smoking ban next year. "I think we need to at least have this discussion and see if it's something...

Village trustees informally agreed this week to leave in place village vehicle stickers and reduce a proposed charge for garbage collection. During a 3 1/2-hour discussion of the 2006 budget...

Faced with a budget deficit, Mt. Prospect officials have proposed an ambulance fee for residents and direct billing for garbage collection. The combined effort would bring in $1.9 million in...

Mt. Prospect Village Board members have expressed support for a proposal that would bring ordinance violations before village hearing officers and bypass the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows. Though...

Rev. Michael Pfleger is an activist and sometime controversial Catholic priest who has campaigned against billboards advertising liquor and tobacco products and stores that sell drug paraphernalia on Chicago's South...

In light of complaints about downtown traffic delays linked to traffic signals, representatives from the Illinois Department of Transportation and its consultant, NET Corp., discussed the signals Tuesday at the...