Karl Rove, political commentator and a former presidential adviser, compared the health care reform bill being pushed by Democrats to a Ponzi scheme.
Forget the flip-flops and shorts. Drop that garden rake and pick up the snow shovel. You’re going to need it.
While Gail Concepcion knows the cuts in School District U-46 are needed to fight the $44 million deficit, that doesn’t mean the Bartlett High School senior thinks they are fair.
Harold Beck, the Berwyn man accused of being the 'TCF Bandit' and responsible for more than a dozen bank robberies throughout the Chicago area, appeared in federal court late Wednesday morning for an initial hearing. He will remain in federal custody until there is an indictment or further court proceedings, neither of which have yet been scheduled.
For the full story and recent updates, visit EPB, our Elmhurst police blog.
All season long Bartlett’s boys basketball team has been one that likes to push the pace and run up and down the floor.
Village Board members were cautiously optimistic as they revealed a preliminary budget plan for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which included leaving positions vacant and adding fees for those who are charged with certain crimes or have their vehicles towed or impounded.
School District U-46 is seeking an exemption from a new state mandate that asks schools to use green cleaning products only, saying they would see a significant increase in costs if they made the change.
From snow storms in the winters to rain and flooding in the summers, the Chicago area is well versed in what nature has in store. But earthquakes? Actually, they are not all that uncommon in Illinois.
DuPage County has been offering something exceptional to its high school students for the past 35 years: an option of receiving college credit while being a high school student at the Technology Center of DuPage.
Voter uncertainty about several key races on Illinois' political scene after Tuesday's primary election didn't get much better Wednesday.
With nearly all precincts reporting, former Downers Grove mayor Brian Krajewski was poised to snap up the DuPage County Board’s 3rd District Republican spot.
John Zaruba is on his way to another term as DuPage County Sheriff with an easy win in today's primary and no Democratic challenger in November's election.
With almost all of the precincts reporting, Dan Cronin has won the Republican spot for DuPage County board chairman on November's ballot. He will face Aurora attorney Carole Cheney, who ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
As he prepares to retire from 20 years of serving in the Marine Corps, Bob Larsen is excited to move on as the Republican candidate in the general election for DuPage County Board District 6.
Election judges are describing a slow, steady pace of voters who have come throughout the day to cast ballots for their candidates this primary election.
With less than an hour remaining for voters to cast a ballot in today’s primary election, the three Republican candidates running for DuPage County Board’s 3rd District took a few minutes to reflect on their campaigns.
Even with multiple races heating up, a light snowfall and other factors contributed to a less-than-usual turnout in Tuesday’s Feb. 2 primary election.
4:10 p.m. — Voting traffic at Bartlett Fire Barn has picked up since this morning, polling officials said, and they are expecting even more people in the next couple of hours.
Voter turnout has been light across the suburbs today:
Despite snow, voter lines form in Lemont
Voter totals low in Brookfield
9 percent turnout highest in Berwyn so far
Campaign workers optimistic as votes trickle in in Hinsdale
Voters trickle in in Glen Ellyn
Elmhurst election judge: Turnout is good for midterm primary
Geneva precincts reporting low turnout
Kane election judge says day has been quiet
Villa Park polls grow busier in afternoon
A school bus driver captured this video on Jan. 28 at the railroad crossing at Addison Road in Villa Park. The gates had failed to come down. School buses were stopped on both side of the tracks when the train's conductor walked to the middle of the intersection and halted traffic.
