Holiday Winter Wear Drive: Kiwanis Club of Streamwood Winter Wear Drive: through Nov. 16: Drop off locations: Gymkhana Gymnastics School, 1700 Tower Drive, Hanover Park; Citibank, 800 S. Barrington Road, Streamwood; Poplar Creek Library, 1405 S. Par...

Bartlett High • On Friday, join the Scats Gold Choir for a night of bowling, dinner, raffles and performances at "Rock-n-Roll Off" at Woodview Lanes, 11 Woodview Lane in Elgin. Tickets are $25 each or $50 per couple. The money raised will go toward ...

Two Hanover Park men were indicted on multiple charges in connection with an alleged kidnapping and armed robbery, officials with the Cook County state's attorney's office said. Akeem Duncan, 17, of 7078 Orchard Lane and Roderick Mayes, 37, whose ad...

A Hanover Park man accused of sexually and physically abusing two young girls over a five-year period was indicted Friday on 65 felony charges. Egan Barranca, 36, of the 1700 block of Evergreen Ave., is charged with 32 counts of criminal sexual abus...

Three young adults from Hanover Park were indicted Friday on robbery charges in a scheme police say started with an online sex ad. Bryant Blegen, 19, Stanley Lind, 20, and Jackie Yeazell, 19, all of the 5300 block of Cinema Road, are accused of lur...

October Christkindlmarket Oak Brook: Through Nov. 11: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays, Oakbrook Center, Corner of Route 83 and Cermak Road, Oak Brook. Artisans from Germany selling a variety of handcrafted items, German foo...

Been thinking about going back to school? While this may not be the MBA program you've been eyeing, it may prove even more valuable. Hanover Township Youth and Family Services will offer parenting classes known as STEP, or Systematic Training for Ef...

Halloween Spooktacular: The Hanover Park Park District holds its all-ages Halloween Spooktacular from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Community Center Gym, 1919 Walnut Ave. Featured will be games, crafts, a costume contest and mini-pumpkin hunt. Concess...

Congratulations to Schaumburg Police Commander Paul Rizzo, who received the J. Stannard Baker Award last week at the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in New Orleans. The prestigious award recognizes law enforcement off...

Saturday is Make A Difference Day, a national day of good deeds. So scan our sampling of local projects and sign on to make a difference. Project coordinators should let USA Weekend, who created the nationwide event, know how they did. Go to www.mak...