When COVID-19 first emerged, few could have predicted its far reaching and devastating impact or how long the pandemic would last. 2020 and early 2021 tested everyone's resilience, patience and strength, but possibly few were tested more than health...

A Cook County judge set bail at $200,000 for a Hoffman Estates teen facing attempted murder and aggravated battery charges alleging he stabbed another 18-year-old in the stomach. Junior Perez-Aguilar, 18, of the 500 block of Mesa Drive, could be se...

The marquee girls basketball matchup to end the season sees Class 4A No. 1 and Mid-Suburban East champion Hersey (15-0, 10-0) and 4A No. 3 and Mid-Suburban West co-champ Fremd (10-2, 9-1) squaring off in Arlington Heights Saturday at 2 p.m. for the ...

Hoffman Estates village board members have unanimously approved construction of a 4,000-square-foot Banfield Pet Hospital as a new outlot of the Hoffman Plaza shopping center at 1061 N. Roselle Road. Banfield was created in 1955 and operates more th...

• Attorney Jeff Greenspan of Highland Park has been named to the board of directors of the Center for Enriched Living, a Riverwoods-based, nonprofit organization serving teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Greenspan is...

Many complex factors, including activity level, environmental factors and genetics, contribute to weight gain and obesity, which is touching more American lives than ever before. Each case is unique, making the need for personalized treatment for we...

The Windy City Bulls were scheduled to host the Long Island Nets on Thursday, March 12. Instead, they gathered in the locker room at the Sears Centre and said goodbye. "We called them all in and we had an impromptu farewell and it was pretty cool," ...

A star-studded event, designed to draw supporters from all of the hospitals in the Amita Health System - for the first time - features whimsical lily pads on its invitations. The better to conjure up frogs leaping from one lily pad to the next, orga...

St. Viator junior guard Emma Morrisey would prefer making a splash by splashing 3-pointers. The splash she made last July was painful and did not include a basketball. She jumped into a pool and clanked. She dislocated her right foot, broke her fibu...

For Rhea and Ranya Sharma, creating a charity meant triumphing over their worst fears. It all started around the holidays in 2017, with the most terrifying moment of their lives: their mother lying in a hospital bed at Amita St. Alexius Medical Cent...