While record numbers of luxury high-rise apartment towers are rising up in Chicago - in 2017, developers completed 4,348 apartments in the greater downtown Chicago area, the most ever in one year, according to a report from consulting firm Integra R...

Modern American culture offers youths endless opportunities to watch cat videos on YouTube, play Fortnite online, binge-watch TV shows, hang out at a local place with yummy fries and take selfies of themselves eating those fries. And then there's sc...

Democratic 56th House District state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg and crosstown Republican rival Jillian Bernas say they expect to receive significant support from independents and those who usually vote for the opposite party when they face ...

Shows, events Sept. 15: Fourth annual Church Creek DOGS (D)oing (O)rganization (G)oodwill from (S)eniors Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (rescheduled from July 14). 1250 W. Central Road, Arlington Height...

This weekend ArtsFest-St. Charles: Runs through Sunday, Sept. 16, in venues around St. Charles. The eighth annual event, by the St. Charles Arts Council and St. Charles Park District, features multiple artistic disciplines in venues all over the cit...

Metra leaders gave riders a 2019 fare-hike holiday Wednesday but promised doomsday-scenario downsizing unless state funding materializes. That could mean eliminating stations, trains and even routes, officials said. "Absent adequate funding, Metra c...

Ever since she received groceries and presents for her kids around Christmas 34 years ago, Juanita Martinez has been paying it forward. She helps families who know her as the empathetic and longtime face of the Wayne Township food pantry and general...

The mobile food pantry run by Al Pioch and his neighbors can serve up to 200 households a year, but there's one face in the crowd he will never forget. He doesn't press people to open up when they receive groceries in the parking lot of the Wayne To...