This is the third year for Arts in Bartlett, the local nonprofit arts council, to present Global Arts Festival, which highlights the cultural diversity represented in the community. Each year the festival has grown in size and scope. This two-day e...

This weekend Windy City Warbirds & Classics radio-controlled model air show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 21, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Fox Valley Aero Club Field, 3821 Karl Madsen Drive, St. Charles. Special one-hour air shows at ...

Smoking and vaping are now banned in all public parks in South Elgin after a unanimous vote by the village board Monday night. Signs to that effect will be placed after July 4, Parks and Recreation Director Kim Wascher said. "We're trying to have a ...

The Hanover Township Mental Health board approved $76,950 in funding at its May meeting. A capital funding request of $25,000 from Easter Seals was approved to purchase equipment used in rehabilitative therapy for infants and children with developme...

Seven weeks. That's how long a cheerleading squad based in Hanover Park had to prepare for a world competition, representing the United States, no less. Back in February, the Elite Stars were selected to be Team USA by USA Cheer in the unified cheer...

A St. Charles Township man who died of an overdose April 4 questioned the “quality” of heroin before buying three bags of it from his dealer, according to a search warrant. Jose A. Charles, 25, of the 600 block of Dixon Avenue in Elgin, is charged w...

This weekend Friday Funday: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, June 14, at Vogelei Park, 650 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. Bring a picnic, play on the playground or splash on the spray pad. Magician Steve Belliveau will perform. Free. heparks.org. Life on th...

If timing is indeed everything, then Jacqueline Barr and her mother, Mary Barr, hit that mark when opening the new Café & Barr gathering place in downtown Geneva last week. The Swedish Days summer festival opens Tuesday night, and that should bode w...

Rolling Meadows firefighter Andre Hall led one of the most popular stations at the recent "Firefighter for a Day" training program. Holding hydraulic rescue tools, he showed these would-be firefighters how to extricate a victim from a car. Beyond th...

Burgerim, a fast-casual burger chain that describes itself as the fastest growing in the U.S., plans to open one of its first Illinois franchises this summer at Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg. Just ahead of it is an Oak Brook loc...