An improving real estate market means some suburbs are bringing in far more in real estate transfer taxes than they expected. That's good for home sellers and towns, and it should be good news for property taxpayers by reducing what they pay for mun...

Back in August, eighth-grader Dayven Shinhoster of Hoffman Estates made a bold promise to his youth football team: He'd shave his head if they made it to nationals. Last week, they did, and though Dayven sported his thick head of hair during practic...

Cab crashes through Glendale Heights home, pinning resident to the bed Police were still searching last night for a taxi driver who crashed his cab into a Glendale Heights home early Monday morning, injuring a homeowner who was asleep in his be...

The Literacy Connection needs more tutors. Sadly, 162 adults remain on the waiting list to share their goals with someone who can tutor them. Can you give just 1-2 hours per week to help someone achieve their goals in 2015? You will impact your lif...

A late-night fire caused an estimated $200,000 damage to a house and its contents in the 6N900 block of Crestwood Drive in Campton Hills Thursday morning. No one was home and no firefighters were injured. The cause is still under investigation. Fire...

The St. Charles Singers' 31st annual edition of its "Candlelight Carols" Christmas program will be Friday, Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 7, in Chicago and St. Charles. The professional chamber choir will begin the weekend concert series at 7:30 p.m. Frida...

A Cook County judge set Dec. 5 for the retrial of a Hanover Park woman charged with strangling her newborn to death and leaving his body in a trash can moments after giving birth to him three years ago in a Streamwood Salvation Army store restroom. ...

A Hanover Park truck driver accused of causing a January crash along I-88 that killed Wheeling tollway worker Vincent Petrella and seriously injured a state trooper, will stand trial Feb. 24. Renato Velasquez, 46, is charged with operating a commerc...