Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

We have had projects where two carefully placed sump pumps that discharge to the outside have kept a basement from flooding.

The state of disrepair at several city buildings have caused the public works office to "hemorrhage" money, one Middletown official said.

Homeowners craft DIY storm windows for their century home, banishing drafts with ingenuity and community support.