Lynn Van Matre

DuPage County residents who die between the ages of 1 and 44 are more likely to be done in by injuries than by disease, according to a survey released by...

They're hardly antiques, but the 93 Beanie Babies that will be raffled off to one lucky winner at this year's Fox Valley Antique Show qualify as instant collectibles--and the little...

Moving day is just around the corner for the Conservation Foundation, which is relocating from a Wheaton office building to a 60-acre farm in southern Naperville. But there's plenty of...

A whirlwind fundraising campaign by the People's Resource Center has netted more than $142,000 in donations, a sum that is expected to be matched by a Rhode Island philanthropist. "This...

A rare form of bacterial meningitis has been blamed for the recent death of a 4-year-old girl who was brought to GlenOaks Hospital. GlenOaks spokeswoman Christine Priester said that the...

A proposed deer cull at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Batavia has been approved by the U.S. Department of Energy's Chicago office. The department said Thursday that Fermilab's plan to...

DuPage County forest preserve commissioners are in the market for suggestions on District 4 land acquisitions. District 4 Commissioners Patricia Carr, Michael Formento, Gwen Henry and Randall Hultgren will hold...

A DuPage County judge has extended through Feb. 19 a pact between the Downers Grove Park District and Good Samaritan Hospital that bars development of a fitness center near Lyman...

For more than 20 years, Garfield Farm Museum volunteers have worked to acquire and preserve the Mill Creek Prairie, a 31-acre parcel that includes one of Illinois' few remaining never-plowed...

Companion (Red House/Appleseed) (star) (star) (star) Kahn, a longtime grassroots social activist and earnestly eloquent songwriter responsible for such contemporary folk classics as "Aragon Mill," reflects on the love, friendships...