Leann Spencer

A sampling program has turned up high levels of lead in some homes, according to city officials. High lead levels in water are not dangerous by themselves but can increase...

Village officials last year looked heavenward for help in its municipal tree survey and say that is why the community has received its second recognition award from the National Arbor...

This winter is, when reduced to its essence, a struggle between two basic substances, two elements of nature that cannot be ignored: salt and snow. Salt is our friend. Snow...

Not a single snowflake softened the harsh winter-brown of Grant Woods Forest Preserve when naturalist Al Westerman crunched through the underbrush on a routine reconnaissance mission one late December day....

By the year 2010, Lake County could more closely resemble a planner's dream in many ways: The tentacles of would-be development will be less likely to choke the county's remaining...

Chicago-area residents hunkered down for what is expected to be one of the coldest days in history Tuesday-maybe even the coldest-but they found that preparing was as difficult as coping...

Owners of Countryside Landfill have announced the installation of a new methane gas collection system that will help eliminate much of the odor problem that historically existed on the property....

Officials for the Lake County Forest Preserve District have applied for $200,000 in state grants to help renovate boating facilities at the Fox River Recreation Area near Barrington. The 245-acre...

A $37,500 settlement has been reached with a Gurnee manufacturer over air emission violations, Atty. Gen. Roland W. Burris announced. PPG/Mazer Chemicals Inc. agreed to the settlement as part of...

Business leaders from Lake and Cook Counties have asked the Illinois Department of Transportation to speed the proposed widening of Half Day Road between U.S. Highway 41 and Illinois Highway...