On Tuesday, September 8th, Spring Wood Middle School held a McTeacher's Night at the McDonald's at 1050 East Lake Street in Hanover Park, Illinois. Teachers had an overwhelmingly positive presence at the restaurant while serving up delicious meals t...

The suburbs will mark the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., with solemn ceremonies and tributes starting early Friday morning and continuing into the evening. Most ceremonies will be led by fi...

Hometown country boy Darien's own Andrew Salgado has been busting out on the country scene since his turn in the Pepsi Southern Original competition in 2014, and his recent visits to play to Chicago audiences have drawn big crowds and won him n...

This year's Bartlett Heritage Days will include new events as part of its effort to bring the "good old days" of family fun to friends and neighbors. Now in its sixth year, this communitywide fall festival Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13., in...

Trustees are required to live in the towns they represent. But does Ed Zimel live in Hanover Park? First elected in 2009, Zimel went through a foreclosure on his Hanover Park home earlier this year. He acknowledges he doesn't rent or own in Hanover ...

U.S. Rep. Bob Dold is up for re-election in a presidential year - just like in 2012 when the Kenilworth Republican lost after his freshman term in Congress. But he argues 2016 will be different. For one, Illinoisan Barack Obama won't be at the top o...