Financial services and banks were the least-trusted industries for the third year, with half of people surveyed saying they could be trusted to do what’s right, according to an annual poll by public relations firm Edelman. The numbers improved from ...

As the nation watches President Barack Obama sworn in as commander-in-chief today for a second time, suburban leaders and Chicago area experts on race relations are reflecting again on what it means to have an African-American as leader of the Unite...

Political, religious, business and education leaders from the suburbs gathered Friday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for a 12th consecutive year. The remembrance and celebration dinner was hosted by the Illinois Commission on Diversity an...

Richard Vanecko appeared for the first time Friday in a Rolling Meadows courtroom to face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2004 death of Mount Prospect resident and Harper College student David Koschman. Vanecko, 38, a nephew of former Chi...

An Oswego man out on parole three months after serving 19 years for murder is back behind bars, accused of stalking a dancer at a South Elgin-area strip club. Bail was set at $500,000 Friday for Kurt E. Johnson, 51, of the 0-99 block of Ashlawn Aven...

While most of her high school peers were playing basketball under the bright lights in conferences like the Mid-Suburban League, DuPage Valley and Upstate Eight, current Harper College freshman center Monica Hinderer was playing at lower-profile Wil...

Cinematographer Paolo Cascio understands that working in the movie business is anything but predictable. "The thing about working in movies is that you never know if something will be a hit or a flop. Never know," he said over lunch in Schaumburg o...