Area Mayors were invited by DuPage County Board Chairman Daniel J. Cronin on behalf of Comcast, a major employer in DuPage County, to attend a Military and Veterans Affairs Summit at Cantigny in Wheaton on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 to affirm the company...

Children are invited to read a book in nature this summer at the Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Rd., thanks to a partnership between the Schaumburg Library and Schaumburg Park District. Pages of a book will be posted along the grass...

This weekend Lincolnshire Food Truck Fridays: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 19, at Lincolnshire Corporate Center, 300 Knightsbridge Parkway, Lincolnshire. Food truck vendors, including barbecue, pizza, Asian, seafood and desserts. Free. lincolnshire...

Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam publicly congratulated Palatine for being among the suburbs considered the safest places in the United States. Unlike when about 400 protesters jeered Roskam outside a Palatine Township Republican meeting in Februar...

The future of a Hanover Park community education center may be in jeopardy a year from now due to funding uncertainties from the federal, state and local levels, officials say. The Education and Work Center opened in fall 2014 as a joint initiative ...

Back in the 1970s, when cars broke down on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) in Oak Brook, stranded drivers turned to Gail and Joe Scrappo. "If they ran out of gas, they'd jump over the fence and say, 'Can we borrow some gas or do you mind calling (for ...

Hoffman Estates Monday joined a growing number of Northwest suburbs in opting out of Cook County's pending minimum-wage hike and requirement of paid sick leave for part-time workers, which both take effect July 1. Village board members were unanimou...

Work may start this month to replace an aging bridge at the entrance to McDowell Grove near Naperville. DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday to hire Dunnet Bay Construction Co. to replace the 1940s one-lane bridge...