Victoria Pierce

NEW LENOX FEMA offers funds for storm losses FEMA field specialist Jim Woodard knocked on 250 doors in New Lenox this week and spoke to residents whose basements had been...

ELMHURST Bank drive-through branch advances Suburban Bank and Trust on Monday won a lukewarm endorsement from a divided Elmhurst City Council on a request to build a drive-through branch near...

HOMEWOOD Proposal approved for business condos A long vacant property just east of Halsted Street near Ridge Road in Homewood will likely be the home of a 9-acre light-industrial development....

FOREST PARK Downtown workers to get free parking The Forest Park Village Council unanimously approved a voluntary pilot program Monday allowing employees of Madison Street businesses to park a block...

OAK PARK Revised housing, retail plan is OKd A mix of new town homes, condominiums and retail businesses will be built on a vacant lot at Home Avenue and South...

ST. CHARLES Schools propose increased budget Officials at St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 are putting forth a new 2007-08 budget that is roughly $10.1 million greater than that...

OAK PARK Village to allow sale of retail space The Village Board has cleared the way for RSC & Associates to sell the commercial portion of its new 1120 Club...

KAKE COUNTY 'Moderate' boosts in property taxes Kane County property owners, in general, can expect to see more "moderate" increases on their 2006 real estate tax bills, compared with what...

The Village of Oak Park and several agencies have agreed to spend $15,000 to study the feasibility of creating affordable housing in the wake of a decision by the YMCA...

The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday to weigh a proposal by Kindred Healthcare for a 60-bed long-term acute care hospital in the city....