Arlene Mulder, Arlington Heights: Looking forward to 2012, my biggest hope for Arlington Heights is that our local economy moves in a positive direction. I want to see empty storefronts and vacant businesses fill with vibrant businesses that wil...

A Hanover Park woman faces charges that she neglected her 81-year-old father, a Mount Prospect resident, authorities announced Thursday. Paulette A. Rhody, 56, of the 7000 block of Hanover Street in Hanover Park, was arrested earlier this week and c...

Former Schaumburg Christian School teacher Paul LaDuke, 75, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he inappropriately touched himself in front of his students last month. LaDuke, of Hanover Park, is facing a class 4 felony charge of sexual exploita...

Tired of waiting for another developer to come along and invest in an aging strip mall, Hanover Park officials have decided to take control of the stagnant situation. The village last week closed on a $2.8 million deal to acquire the Hanover Square ...

From the slayings of two Arlington Heights fathers purportedly at the hands of their sons to the felony conviction of a police officer, the imprisonment of a former high school football star and a court ruling that, at least for now, protects your r...

The Hanover Park Lions Club and Hanover Park Police Department are making for a much happier holiday season for more than 40 children and a dozen families. Members gathered Saturday at a vacant storefront in Streamwood to pass out an array of items,...

After sitting vacant for about a year, ideas for how to bring new life to 55 acres that once made up the Rolling Knolls Golf Course are being tossed around by the Cook County Forest Preserve District and nearby residents. Forest Preserve officials ...