Lou Carlozo

Talent contests, pageants, music, rodeo, truck pulls and a demolition derby will highlight the 67th annual Lake County Fair, scheduled to run July 26 through 30. "Down Home Country Fun"...

Magicians, musicians, mimes, carnival rides and fireworks will highlight the Vernon Hills Summer Celebration, slated for July 12-16 in New Century Park, Lakeview and Hawthorn Parkways, just north of Town...

While many suburbanites may grumble about vanishing open space, there is but one patch of green so dear to their hearts that they will openly break the law to save...

Round Lake Unit School District 116 students were dismissed early for the third day Tuesday because of the heat but won't see their school calendar extended beyond July 6, district...

Two years ago it sat as a cornfield in the center of Vernon Hills, tucked between an abandoned Nike missile site, a corporate park and an upscale subdivision. Now this...

The city is forming a redistricting commission to examine ward boundaries and recommend changes, said Mayor John P. Sirotti. The City Council is expected to discuss the commission at its...

An intermittent drizzle almost certainly diminished turnout at outdoor events in the Chicago area, but hundreds nevertheless gathered at more than 40 suburban town squares, churches, parks and the Federal...

An Oak Lawn man died early Saturday after he was shot at least five times near Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's...

After a month of waiting and a bit of number-crunching, telephone officials made the call on a new area code for a swath of the north and northwest suburbs: 847....

Even a few of the faithful had a hard time Sunday choosing between God and a man described as a god disguised as Michael Jordan. At St. Clotilde Catholic Church...