V. Dion Haynes

Across-the-board cuts in state spending proposed by Gov. Jim Edgar would force some collar-county school districts to cut programs, increase class sizes and borrow cash to pay for teacher salaries...

Park Ridge high school students who regularly skip class and roam the streets from now on will face more than angry principals and parents. Now they`ll have to deal with...

A three-day FBI stakeout of a stolen car led to the capture of a suspected bank robber Monday and a chase and shootout across Schaumburg and Hanover Park that resulted...

Each day Jackie James, the catering director at Chicago`s Ambassador East Hotel, warns her staff that they absolutely, positively cannot catch the flu until after the holiday party season ends....

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....

On a day some retailers dub Black Friday for its crush of holiday shoppers, the day after Thanksgiving proved that while Christmas may not be entirely recession-proof, the spirit of...

University of Illinois student Nandhini Subbiah acknowledged her story of being kidnapped and taken on a 99-day, 12,000-mile sojourn was a hoax, state police and the FBI said Friday. Rather...

Summer break in Crystal Lake, once a time for students to work the fields of family farms and more recently a cherished vacation time, may soon be a thing of...

Just one month after a bitter 21-day strike ended, Elgin area school board candidates endorsed by the district`s teachers union swept out two of three incumbents, including Board President Robert...

Nearly a month after a bitter 21-day teachers` strike ended, Elgin area school board candidates endorsed by the district`s teachers union appeared to sweep out two of the three incumbents,...