Matthew Nickerson

Outside Jenner Elementary School, children cannot take it for granted that they will become adults. But inside, the children of Cabrini-Green are taught they could grow up to be president....

The piano recital was a special afternoon treat for residents of the Holy Family Villa Nursing Home, just outside of Lemont. Many of them, including Vivian Budlane, a 76-year-old woman...

Have you ever seen a restored Model A Ford? Were the tire sidewalls the same color as the pinstripes on the car door? Chances are they were. Matching tires and...

Hit by a shortage of donations, the Hanover Park Food Pantry will try collecting canned goods at the upcoming village carnival. Collection baskets will be placed next to the booths...

After a four-year wait, work will start this fall on a project to build athletic fields and a nature center in Bloomingdale`s biggest park, Springfield Park. The $1.7 million development...

Cartoon character Joe Camel wants to help clean up the cigarette butts that litter the fairways of the Glendale Heights public golf course. Glendale Heights officials are more than happy...

A man described as calm and non-partisan has been chosen to fill a vacancy on the troubled Village Board. Thomas Schau, a 42-year-old computer technician for AT&T, officially will be...

Trustees have voted to raise sewer rates between 12 percent and 19 percent. But before voting for the rate hike last week, the trustees asked for a rewrite of an...

Trustees have voted to raise sewer rates 12 percent to 19 percent, after first making sure the rate hike would be presented in a way digestible to voters. Trustees, some...

A group of Hanover Park village trustees, including one who has made the trip, is now questioning the payment of travel expenses for village representatives to attend a yearly convention...