Michael Martinez

When George Bush sought primary votes in Du Page County four years ago, Illinois` strongest Republican bastion responded kindly. Voters gave him a 15-point margin of victory over his challenger,...

Three gunmen ambushed the manager of a North Side currency exchange Saturday morning in a daring robbery attempt that ended moments later in a spray of gunfire that left two...

Eight-year-old Brian Ellerbruch`s first scientific encounter with the center of mass came at the tip of his nose. He tilted his head back, an instructor placed a small toy made...

All last year, Susan Hopkins watched out the back window of her new $191,000 house in northwest suburban Bartlett as workers laid the foundation for a nearby elementary school. Hopkins...

Federal investigators are seeking thousands of documents relating to zoning, bond issues and other matters in at least three suburbs, Oakbrook Terrace, Niles and Lakemoor, as part of a widening...

If the assessor wanted Darien resident Frank Lum to move away, then she should have asked, Lum says. Instead, Lum has been hit with what he called an unaffordable increase...

Bob W. lives in a typical neighborhood in west suburban Addison. His father works at an industrial job, and his mother stays home to care for a newborn daughter. At...

Strikes in three suburban school districts affecting 20,500 students threatened to drag on through Labor Day, as the Chicago school system saved itself for the short term Saturday. In Naperville,...

A 3-month-old federal investigation of Westmont has the rumor mill buzzing among village employees and has left leaders of the town`s longtime dominant party nervous about the probe`s political impact,...

William Seidler hunched Saturday in his garage in northwest suburban Barrington, painting shutters and complaining about the plan to grant property-tax caps to his Lake County neighbors two blocks down...