Hanover Township and the Bartlett Park District have teamed to offer free health and wellness screenings to seniors 55 and older. Passport to Wellness will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at the Bartlett Community Center, 700 S...

If life falls into place for Arthur Stashak, a year from now he'll be gazing out at one of Hamburg's historic canals, taking a quick breather between his pas de deux and variations classes. The Des Plaines native wants nothing more than to move to ...

Kara Mellick held a stethoscope to the chest of a 4-year-old Hanover Park boy last week, and heard the beating heart of her only daughter. “In an instant it brought back the memory of when I first heard her heartbeat when I was still pregnant,&...

The sounds of a professional chamber choir will fill churches in the west suburbs this weekend, when the St. Charles Singers concludes its 28th season. Founder and artistic director Jeffrey Hunt leads the choir in "Music for a While," a program of ...

Community Consolidated School District 15 announced two new administrative appointments for the 2012-13 school year on Friday, May 11. David Morris, Jane Addams School's principal for the past four years, will serve as principal at Pleasant Hill Sch...

Ÿ Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arlington Heights Ÿ Thieves stole a men’s brown and black 27-inch bicycle and helmet locked at the Metra depot, 45 W. Northwest Hwy., between...

Hanover Park Fire Chief Craig Haigh has been named the 2012 Illinois Career Fire Chief of the Year, an award given by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association for exemplary career contributions. The association honored Haigh for his efforts in a number ...

Six individuals - including three juveniles - were arrested this week in connection with a string of car burglaries on a residential street in Hanover Park. Police said Friday that eight unlocked vehicles had been burglarized early Thursday on the ...

Ÿ Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arlington Heights Ÿ Burglars removed a kitchen window screen of a home in the 1200 block of South Vail Avenue, searched the master bedroom a...

Ed Mayer, the founder of patio furniture and fireplace shop Northwest Metalcraft, one of the longest running family businesses in Arlington Heights, died Friday after a long illness. He was 89. “He was always the ‘brawn’ and my mother...