Melita M. Garza

Two northwest suburban housing organizations are calling community leaders, business owners, politicians, clergy and concerned citizens to a meeting Tuesday in hopes of finding new ideas to assist the homeless....

Matt Rodriguez, a top-ranking Hispanic Chicago police official, said Wednesday that he is being encouraged to apply for the job of Los Angeles police chief even as Chicago plans its...

The other day in a Barrington High School classroom, a sophomore boy slapped the behind of a 14-year-old girl with his chalk-covered hand, planting his fingerprints on her black pants,...

Given all the work Carmelo Ortiz does picking broccoli at a McHenry County farm, he`s puzzled by the treatment he received last week: a crowd of white men hurling rocks...

A heroine remembered: The Village of Schaumburg will keep alive the memory of one of its fallen heroines with a simple red flowering crab tree and the words: ''She died...

Hispanic pioneers recognized: The Hispanic woman is the heart of the home, says 64-year-old Rita Pompa Camacho. And Pompa Camacho, who comes from one of Elgin`s pioneering Hispanic families, should...

The ''most important person politically'' to visit Elgin in more than three decades was there Thursday, so it was not surprising that 300 residents were on hand to greet Barbara...

Suburbs hoping to be chosen as the site for the Regional Transportation Authority`s futuristic personal rapid transit system are gearing up their campaigns, with some enlisting local businesses and public...

Jo Ann Wolf said Tuesday she had not ruled out requesting a recount, despite a canvass that upheld the results of last week`s primary for Schaumburg village president. Wolf, who...

Chicago-area Muslims expressed some relief Friday at the cease-fire in the Persian Gulf war but said they doubted a lasting peace had been created in the Mideast. Some also expressed...