Patricia Trebe

Palos Heights Ald. Mark LaVelle has announced his candidacy for mayor, beginning a campaign that could pit him against Mayor Bonnie Strack. Strack has not announced an election bid for...

Two members of the village's three-member Fire and Police Commission resigned their volunteer positions Wednesday night to protest the ouster last week of former commission Chairman Tom Herbst. Commissioners Robert...

Village President Sandra Gulden has decided she cannot walk away from her job and will be running for re-election in April. Gulden announced last month she would not seek a...

Romeoville Trustee Ed "Doc" McCartan says it's time for the board of trustees to get a raise, but it wouldn't happen until 1999. McCartan is proposing an ordinance change that...

The Romeoville Village Board voted Wednesday night to approve an ordinance that establishes new fees for ambulance calls. Fire Chief Carl Churulo said the increased rates will raise a "conservative...

With a large crowd of residents waiting to hear its decision, the Palos Heights City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night against a parking variance for developers of a 14,000-square-foot Walgreens...

Neuman Homes has asked the village to annex 67 additional acres to the Weslake Subdivision. The company is also proposing to add 220 homes to the 650-unit development south of...

Fire district officials from Romeoville and Lockport Township met last week at a special meeting to discuss who should have jurisdiction over 700 acres annexed last year to Romeoville. The...

The board of Valley View Community School District 365-U has approved a three-year tax-relief plan for the John H. Harland Corp. The 50 percent tax-abatement plan would amount to about...

The Village Board has approved reductions in the monthly water surcharge after Trustee Edward McCartan said residents deserved the cuts after the Village Board approved two contracts with village employees....