The longest running Off-Broadway comedy in history is coming to the Northwest Suburbs TONY N' TINA'S WEDDING Make your Valentine's Day plans now! The area's premier community theater company, Hott Productions, NFP-Helping Others Through Theatre is p...

The Americans with Disabilities Act has been the law of the land since President George H.W. Bush signed it on July 26, 1990. More than a quarter century later, local activists with the National Federation of the Blind will travel to Washington, D.C...

Illinois Shotokan Karate Club (ISKC) will be hosting the 29th annual Jennifer Malloy Memorial Tournament at Harper College on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016. The tournament was founded in early 1987 to benefit then ISKC student, Jennifer Malloy and her fami...

Carpentersville is looking to create a new committee that would be responsible for planning community events. The village has already started recruiting "creative and community-minded individuals" to join the proposed special events committee, which...

Advocate Sherman Hospital distributed distributed Friday morning nearly 100 free emergency response kits to more than 15 police and fire agencies as part of an initiative to standardize emergency response to such events. “We're going to push these ...

If you have a favorite gas station, you're likely familiar with its employees and might even chat with them for a few minutes when you pop in. But to those who frequent Gilberts' only gas station, manager Laura Britto is not just a known face but an...

Sixteen-year-old Kajira Blunt has big goals for her future. As a sophomore at Dundee-Crown High School, she wants to do well in school, attend Columbia College Chicago - her "dream college" - and eventually become a professional singer. And she's on...

Construction has been smooth sailing for Carpentersville's new Wal-Mart Supercenter, village officials say, and the store is on track to open by early summer. Contractors are working on the inside of the nearly 183,000-square-foot building, located ...