Observers gave a standing ovation to the Oak Park Village Board of Trustees after a 7-0 unanimous vote to approve a “Welcoming Village” ordinance Feb. 6. The ordinance was praised…
Library patrons are used to thinking of overdue fines as just punishment for keeping out books past their due date. But, in recent years, overdue fines have come to be seen as barriers…
For a vaudevillian who can ad lib like a pro despite no cue, telling the story of Dec. 7, 1941 causes the broadcaster in Jack Coombe to pump up the volume. At 94, Coombe, of Northbrook,…
In the grading scale of national highways, the I-290 Eisenhower Expressway between Racine Street and Mannheim Road gets an “F” for heavy congestion, poor exit safety and outdated…
With scant notice, Rockford hospital ...Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon ...
Three men shot – one ...Three men were shot – one fatally -- Saturday afternoon on Chicago's ...
State ends fiscal year with ...Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half ...
Highland Park parade ‘full of ...Highland Park’s Fourth of July events included a parade which stepped off ...
