Five schools in Elgin Area Unit District 46 will be closed Tuesday because of staffing shortages related to COVID-19. According to an email from Superintendent Tony Sanders, the schools are Highland Elementary and Huff Elementary in Elgin, Independe...

The Cook County medical examiner on Monday confirmed 1,087 homicides in 2021, the first time the county has topped 1,000 homicides in 27 years. The medical examiner's officer said 836 were in Chicago. In addition, the medical examiner's office repo...

On Thursday, Jan. 20, Carol Stream Elementary District 93 will hold preschool registration for the 2022-23 school year at 6 p.m. at its award-winning District 93 Early Childhood Center, 280 Old Gary Ave. in Bloomingdale. Registration is for student...

Wow. How is it the end of 2021 already? The year flew by, and yet at times felt like a never-ending timeloop. However it felt for you, now is the time to say goodbye to 2021. And restaurants and bars across the suburbs are gearing up with bashes, sp...

The village of Roselle has kicked off a new online video series with an episode about the Canadian Pacific's merger with Kansas City Southern. Mayor David Pileski says the "Roselle Minute," posted on social media, will become a regular series to inf...

Rachel Rettger is no stranger to success, having been a high school state qualifier in both tennis and badminton and a four-year letter winner in college. But the Glen Ellyn resident accomplished something on Dec. 12 that just might top her long lis...

A suburban mayor who has spent years trying to mitigate the effects of more freight train traffic in her community said that for towns facing that same situation now, it's all about getting ahead of the problems. Karen Darch was elected mayor of Bar...