The Illinois Jaycees has selected Addison resident Erica Wiegel and Inverness resident Heather Glaser as honorees of its Outstanding Young Persons of Illinois awards program. The Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) program annually recognizes young peo...

Now that the Cubs have broken baseball's oldest curse, who's next? From D.C. to Dodger Stadium, a lot of loaded teams are lurking, waiting for that elusive World Series win. New Cardinals leadoff man Dexter Fowler has a clue which club might break t...

We in the suburbs take great pride in our schools with their high test scores, low dropout rates and the numbers of kids who go on to college. We celebrate our STEM programs that introduce more kids to careers in the sciences. With the investment we...

The acronym TIF refers to a conversation-stopping tax strategy that is not easy to understand but can have direct consequences for communities, schools, parks, libraries and taxpayers. In the best of circumstances, it can help a community encourage ...

The vast majority of taxing bodies potentially affected by a proposed $21 million tax refund for a development in western Hoffman Estates dislike the idea so much they rejected it twice Tuesday. Members of the joint review board for the tax incremen...

Nearly 70 percent of American households have less than $1,000 in savings, investment officer Jack Ablin told participants at an economic breakfast at Harper College this morning. He added that these are the households that rely on the government fo...