A family book club, a student mentoring program and high school biotechnology experiments are among the innovative ideas that earned eight Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers and support staff members grants to enhance student learning. U-46 Ed...

As members of the Metra Board of Directors, and as mayors of cities in the Chicago area, we are doubly concerned about the commuter railroad's serious capital funding crisis. Without a large infusion of funding from the state of Illinois, we likely ...

Investigators Thursday continued to search for the gun used in the New Year's Eve shooting of a mail carrier in Elk Grove Village. The Ned Brown Forest Preserve, commonly known as Busse Woods, was one of the sites visited by authorities looking for ...

As we look forward with optimism for the year ahead, it's fitting that we also look back, with no shortage of sadness, at those we lost in 2018. It was a year in which we lost accomplished musicians who entertained the suburbs for decades and dedica...

An Elk Grove Village man armed with a handgun tapped on the window of a postal worker's van and asked, "What's up, man?" before firing at least three shots that critically injured the carrier Monday, federal authorities alleged in court documents We...

Every year around this time, we reach out to Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents and ask them to tell us something their community accomplished in the year gone by and something they hope accomplish in the year ahead. On Monday, we shar...

Every year around this time, we reach out to Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents and ask them to tell us something their community accomplished in the year gone by and something they hope accomplish in the year ahead. Today, we share th...

The volunteer Senior Council of Bloomingdale Township hosted its 32nd annual Christmas party at Medinah Banquets in Addison. This year, more than 380 seniors attended, along with Township Supervisor Michael D. Hovde, Jr., Highway Commissioner Bob C...