V. Dion Haynes

For Arthur Peekel, winning the $25,000 Illinois Distinguished Educator Award on the heels of his statewide teacher of the year prize is ''better than winning the lottery.'' ''To be recognized...

Last week`s beating of an Elgin Mental Health Center administrator, allegedly by a patient with a violent history, was a brutal example of the everyday dangers that face workers at...

While most other Commonwealth Edison Co. customers do little more than fuss about escalating rates, Maine Township school officials are considering a solution to their high electric bills: Producing their...

More traffic or more tolls? Though village officials in Palatine, Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates aren`t keen on the idea of charging more tolls on the Northwest Tollway, they`re lured by...

While many collar-county residents are hopeful their property-tax bills finally may stop soaring, others are fearful that the General Assembly`s tax- cap plan puts at risk the very magnet that...

A 37-year-old Harvey woman who was raped, slashed and left for dead in the trunk of a car for eight days survived the ordeal by eating peanuts and sipping rainwater...

When the cease-fire began, people cried but couldn`t believe it, cheered but had great doubts, and remained suspicious of Saddam Hussein. ''I heard about it yesterday,'' Sonia Hernandez, 19, of...

Tanks rolling, artillery booming, troops marching-these are not the images that normally evoke feelings of relief. Still, the pictures of war that confronted Chicago-area residents Sunday elicited just that emotion...

With sleeping residents` well-being in mind, Rolling Meadows officials are considering erecting noise barriers on Illinois Highway 53 after aldermen approved a controversial request to conduct nighttime repairs on the...

Overwhelmed by legal fees, supporters of a handgun ban in Des Plaines decided Friday to drop their fight to get the controversial issue on the April 2 ballot. The drive...