Lou Carlozo

After two hours of heated debate, the County Board's Land Use Committee tabled action on Messenger Woods, an area of Homer Township that could become the state's newest municipality. "We...

As an outsider, Matt Turner could never understand why local governments take so long to get things done. Not that he's become Mr. Insider, or an apologist for Lemont Village...

By the end of the decade, automobiles carrying at least two or more passengers will be able to hop in their own special lane on the Stevenson Expressway and fly...

The scuba divers knew they would find old tires, enough to fit a fleet of taxis. But they did not expect to retrieve a kitchen stove and a complete set...

Life hasn't been exactly perfect for Lucious Lee since the Chicago native, a 24-year resident of the Chicago Housing Authority's Robert Taylor Homes, moved to Hoffman Estates a year ago....

The latest buzz in state education reform ideas-charter schools-will be discussed in the south suburbs next week. A charter school is an autonomous public school that operates as a non-profit...

A mysterious odor at a Bolingbrook middle school forced administrators to send about 30 students to an area hospital and evacuate almost 900 students and faculty members. According to Bolingbrook...

An elderly Mokena man apparently caused the three-car accident that killed him and his wife, Orland Park police said Thursday. Clement Warner and his wife, Eileen, both 77, of the...

Village officials have announced that a special census, aimed at securing more state funds, will conclude Wednesday. Trustee Bob Herrick said the census was needed because Frankfort, with a population...

Four teenagers, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed and two others wounded in a spate of shootings Friday night and Saturday in Chicago. At least six young people were killed...