Nancy Ryan

An ambitious $33 million building proposal in Lake County's largest school district won overwhelmingly Tuesday, while a proposed school addition in Fox Lake apparently failed and early returns on a...

An agreement between Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and the College of Lake County in Grayslake will allow students who plan to complete a baccalaureate degree at NIU to enroll...

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a $383,000 federal grant to increase its medical and dental services to uninsured and underinsured Lake County residents. The...

It was 3:45 p.m. Chicago time Tuesday, but for 3 1/2-year-old Rula Abdelrazek, it was well past her usual bedtime as she nodded off during a news conference about her...

A week after state school Supt. Joseph Spagnolo abruptly announced he would resign next month, a state Democratic senator Monday accused the Republican-dominated State Board of Education of rushing to...

A Cook County judge was stabbed and seriously injured in an apparent robbery attempt Friday morning as the 47-year-old jurist walked near his Logan Square home while en route to...

It's a crime that has stunned this western Illinois town and set a small liberal arts college on edge: two Knox College freshmen, who apparently met only minutes before, involved...

What should be a fairly straightforward task--providing mail, one of everyday life's necessities--doesn't get much trickier than this. Delivery to six high-rises at the Robert Taylor Homes was briefly suspended...

More than many of his predecessors, Mayor Richard Daley has targeted negligent landlords, launching half a dozen new programs penalizing these owners and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars more...

The Field Museum of Natural History's impeccable reputation as an ideal place to hold a charity event was sealed at the 1996 gala party for Diana, Princess of Wales, declared...