Spots are available for fun and creative workshops coming this autumn to the Schaumburg Township Library and its Hanover Park Branch. Each of the following workshops requires registration and a fee. To register, call (847) 923-3347. "Fall Container...

Trustees from Schaumburg Township District Library invite all ages in the Library's service area to join the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read this autumn. To participate, adults will read "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, while childre...

Elgin Community College's police officers' union has filed complaints against the college claiming unfair labor practices. A representative of Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 735 - the union representing ECC police officers - said the colleg...

The Tri-Village Garden Club of Bartlett, Hanover Park and Streamwood supports We Grow Dreams to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to lead fulfilling lives and to train and work in a supportive, safe and caring environment while produc...

This weekend Wizard World Comic Con: Noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont. Comic book and other pop cult...

Among the donations that poured in to help the Prospect Heights families displaced by a July 18 condominium fire was one unusual group of school supplies: musical instruments. Bryan Itzkowitz, director of bands at Holmes Middle School in Wheeling, a...

Newmark Knight Frank recently arranged a long-term, 108,163-square-foot lease to Clarke Packing & Crating Company at 1365-1395 Brewster Creek Blvd. in Bartlett. The property is a new, state-of-the-art 186,000-square-foot industrial building located...

About 2,000 students in need benefitted from Elgin Community College's annual Project Backpack back-to-school supply fair this year, officials said. More than 1,300 backpacks full of school supplies were given out during the fair Aug. 11. The follow...