Marla Donato

The Robbins incinerator is back on the drawing boards. The south suburban village unanimously granted local site approval Tuesday night for the proposed $300 million facility. This is the second...

After being hospitalized a month with skull fractures, a suspected child- abuse victim who later died was returned by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to his Matteson...

When Matteson paramedics rushed 8-month-old Shahon Mighty to Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center on Sunday evening, it was not the infant`s first trip to the emergency room. But it was...

Seeking sanctuary from excess, Teresa Knoth spent Friday shopping at a Long Grove store offering merchandise that was heavy on the homemades and short on the hustle. ''Everyone here is...

On the day retailers rejoice and the store clerks cringe over the crush of holiday shoppers, northwest suburbanites pushed themselves away from the table of Thanksgiving leftovers and hit the...

After a breakfast of turkey omelettes Friday morning, the Gunderson family was seized by temporary insanity, possibly linked to some chemical in the bird, and came up with the notion...

South suburban holiday shoppers spent fast and furiously on the first traditional day of the Christmas shopping season. It was too early to tote up the dollars, but retailers said...

Not so long ago, to live in the suburbs was to vote Republican. The law was inviolable as gravity: Along with a wedding ring, a ranch house, two kids and...

Spurred by growing public demand and a new federal law, handicapped-accessi ble playgrounds-a new generation of play lots with swings that can be propelled by the upper body and ramps...

Despite substantially lower tax rates this year, most city homeowners will find tax bills at least 10 percent higher than last year`s in their mailboxes next week, according to Cook...