Andrew Baum was doing yard work at his Arlington Heights home in the spring when he decided to move a big slab of marble the home's previous owners had used as a space for their garden hose. After grabbing a crow bar to help flip over the 200-pound ...

Hanover Township will host its seventh annual Recycling Event from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at the township's William Tiknis campus at 250 S. Route 59 in Bartlett. Due to previous years' volume, and by popular demand, only electronics will b...

Art created by Hanover Township seniors will be on display this month at the 10th annual "Got Art?" show. Opening Aug. 4 and running through the end of the month, the artworks will be showcased various places in the township, including the township ...

Saturday, July 30, marks Victory Centre of Bartlett's fourth annual Block Party for residents, family and neighbors with members of the Bartlett Police and Fire departments as special guests. Held in conjunction with National Night Out - an event t...

VILLA PARK - State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) will host a series of Silver Beat seminars on Wednesday, Aug. 10 throughout his legislative district to provide senior citizens with resources to prevent fraud. "Protecting seniors is a top pri...

Debby Miller of Hoffman Estates, who served as one of the guiding trustees of the Schaumburg Township District Library for more than four decades, died Saturday at the age of 78. "She was a strong advocate for libraries not only in Schaumburg Townsh...

Hanover Township Emergency Services volunteers logged more than 46 hours of service helping residents clean up storm debris since Thursday. The volunteers provided assistance at 10 locations in the township's north end. Crews helped remove a large t...

Northwest Suburban Cook County property owners are getting a dose of sticker shock this year as triennial reassessment notices have been averaging 15 to 25 percent increases by township. Wheeling Township, with 36,000 single-family and 19,000 condom...

A longtime school psychologist in Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 who pioneered ways to determine the needs of special education students and who was instrumental in determining how all students were assessed has died. In 1965, Robert "Ch...

Nearly 200 residents gathered on the campus of Benedictine University to commemorate the lives of the five Dallas police officers who were killed by a sniper in line of duty. Lisle Police Chief David Anderson was among several speakers at the Saturd...