From new places to eat and shop to community anniversaries, infrastructure upgrades and a new sports franchise, there's a lot to look forward in 2016 for the leaders of Northwest suburban communities. We asked your mayors to look into their crystal ...

From new places to eat, shop and play, to the celebration of a historic milestone, the return of a major employer and multimillion dollar projects to reduce flooding and make our communities safer, a lot happened in the Northwest suburbs in 2015 tha...

As a kid, Hanover Park police officer Sean Bockstadter went to Chicago's Shriners Hospital for Children to visit a friend and member of his church who was at the hospital. This year, Bockstadter decided to rekindle the act. He used money he earned f...

The Literacy Connection needs more tutors. Can you give just 1-2 hours per week to help someone achieve their goals in 2016? You will impact your life and someone else's life in a profoundly positive way. Imagine if you or a loved one struggled with...

In just its first year of operation, the Education and Work Center in Hanover Park already is seeing a strong demand for its services, officials say. There's a waitlist of people trying to get basic English language skills and complete their high sc...

Rajinder Singh Mago, co-founder of the Palatine-based Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago, opened the annual Chicago Leadership Prayer Breakfast at the Chicago Hilton Dec. 4 with a Sikh prayer of Thanksgiving. Mago is a longtime volunteer coordinato...

While they might not be the next Tickle Me Elmo or Cabbage Patch Kids, Skylanders: SuperChargers and collectible Shopkins characters seem to be a hit among kids visiting the Ice Palace at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. That's where Santa greets fami...

Is it a sign of the times? When Santa visited with children last week in the pediatric department at Amita Alexian Brothers Women & Children's Hospital in Hoffman Estates, it was not in the way you may think. More than 20 children were in the hosp...

Sometimes it seemed 2015 in DuPage County was all about the College of DuPage. But it wasn't, of course. Here's a look at some of the other stories that grabbed headlines and got people talking. March supports cops: Hundreds brave cold ...