Douglas Holt

A Cook County deputy sheriff indicted in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe two basketball players at Arizona State University to shave points was stripped of his badge and...

For months, officials in Carpentersville-area schools and the Elgin library devised strategies to sell building projects to a skeptical public. In both cases, officials turned to seemingly common-sense arguments: They...

Though they're loaded with responsibility, require late-night hours and pay nothing, seats on northwest suburban school boards are in high demand. As voters go to the polls Tuesday, incumbent school...

Inside a narrow stable at Shadow Brook Farm in Libertyville, veterinarian Heather Jans snapped a fresh carrot and fed it to her thoroughbred, Obsidian. Like many people, she wondered Thursday...

When Frank Biederer thinks Vernon Hills, he thinks shopping malls. "When I think of Vernon Hills, all I think of is traffic and congestion," said Biederer, 35, a Vernon Hills...

After being bypassed in his quest to become superintendent of the School District 187, longtime administrator James Walker announced Tuesday his resignation from the district. With "very, very mixed feelings,"...

A helicopter and police dog search Monday failed to flush out an armed robbery suspect who allegedly stuck up an elderly couple in the back yard of their son's home...

A resident who with two other people filed a noise pollution complaint against the the Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville vowed Wednesday to contest a decision by state regulators to...

The forest preserve board has taken another step toward its goal of opening Ft. Sheridan's fairways to public golfers. The board gave its go-ahead Friday for final negotiations with the...

While police continued Monday to investigate last week's shooting that left two men dead at a Waukegan pizzeria, area merchants brooded over the risks of doing business. Along the quiet...