Leann Spencer

If you want to handicap the race to build tollways in the metropolitan area, take the Interstate Highway 355 extension to win and the Illinois Highway 53 extension to place....

The Water Resources Committee of the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission has recommended that Lake County be granted permission to build a wastewater treatment plant in the north-central area of the...

The cemetery at Ft. Sheridan is a simple one. Solemn headstones bearing the names of those who have served their country are arranged precisely on a field of green. Each...

A new county ordinance that took effect this week requires permanent not-for-profit agencies that regularly serve food to buy a county Health Department permit. The regulation will affect organizations such...

A $190,000 grant has been awarded for development and restoration of the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve. Improvements include four miles of trails, nature signs, a parking lot and a drinking...

Wearing fire-retardant clothing and water tanks on their backs, they look more like embattled soldiers than gentle conservationists who are preserving Illinois' prairie heritage. Their mission for the last week...

An investigation into the extent of suspected soil and ground water contamination at the former Griess-Pfleger Tannery property will begin this spring, Commonwealth Edison has announced. Commonwealth Edison now owns...

Lake Zurich officials passed a joint land-resource management plan for 45 acres of undeveloped land at Rand and Cuba Roads Monday night, and officials of Kildeer were considering the same...

An environmental cleanup of a former military Nike missile site is expected to begin this week, Navy officials say. Investigators identified asbestos-laden debris, such as siding and floor tile, from...

Residents in North Libertyville Estates stayed home from work Friday, but they didn't take the day off. Instead, they were hoping to beat back the swollen Des Plaines River that...