Ted Slowik

Patricia Jackson told an audience in Blue Island Tuesday night about how poverty has affected her family. Jackson, her husband and their three children had to move into the basement...

Jaqueline Hughes of Lynwood was grateful for the offer to replace a broken headlight at no cost. "This will help me because I couldn't afford it," Hughes said Tuesday. "The...

Questions about the status of state funding to clean up the former Tinley Park Mental Health Center property have led to revelations of a windfall for Blue Island. It is...

Progress toward realization of a third major Chicago area airport near Peotone continues to slog along at a glacial pace, much like it has for the past 40 years. Supporters...

The Cook County assessor significantly hiked values of commercial properties in nine south and southwest suburban townships last year, a change that might have substantially lessened the property tax burden...

As July rolls into August and garden vegetables ripen, I am reminded that I have been working since I was 7 years old. My first job was selling homegrown tomatoes....

Thursday's daily lunch menu at D.A.'s Deli in Calumet City might cause some readers' mouths to water. Options ranged from flavorful baked chicken to savory beef meatballs, each served with...

Nyota Figgs, the elected city clerk of Calumet City, said she feels city hall is such a hostile workplace she can no longer go into the office. Figgs said she...

Some community members reacted angrily to last week's unanimous school board decision to retire the Indians nickname and mascot for Lemont High School. The decision seemed to irk some parents,...