Mary Ann Fergus

Faux does not mean useless. Thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims are getting knockoff items with phony labels for the likes of Yves St. Laurent and Tommy Hilfiger, goods seized by...

For nearly a week after Hurricane Katrina blew through, Nancy Hirschfeld faced off with the golf course alligator. Only her back porch, with its four-by-fours sunk in concrete, kept her...

For days, mystery shrouded the body of "Vera." She stayed there in the Garden District, at the corner of Jackson and Magazine, with a spray-painted tribute on the sheet over...

The high winds of blame continued to circulate Monday around Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Echoing the frustration of local officials who have complained for days of slow federal response, the...

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra under music director Robert Hanson will perform a benefit concert to assist in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Musicians of the Elgin Choral Union, Elgin Youth...

Within 72 hours, volunteers converted a shuttered mental health center in Tinley Park, Ill., into a temporary home for 120 hurricane refugees expected to arrive Tuesday. Workers scrubbed floors, hauled...

The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised more than $1 million for victims of Hurricane Katrina in addition to $54.9 million for its traditional beneficiary, the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Lewis,...

In the Bible Belt, Sunday is the day for going to church, even if all that is left of it is a pile of rubble. Hurricane Katrina spared very little...

From Oakland to Buffalo, communities across the country were preparing Sunday to take in some of the hundreds of thousands of people left stranded and homeless by Hurricane Katrina. Texas,...

Not getting enough sleep? Bored in that cubicle of yours? Like to scare people? The Elgin Theatre Company has a job for you. The community theater, around since 1952, is...