A 19th-century farmhouse of historical significance in Glen Ellyn could meet the wrecking ball to make way for a new family home. Stewards of Glen Ellyn's heritage hope to intervene in the eleventh hour and arrange a meeting with the new owners of t...

After frequent stories of caregivers earning around $10 an hour even after years of work, suburban aides who care for people with disabilities are getting a pay raise. The 75-cent-an-hour raise - buried deep within the state budget passed earlier t...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on a widespread cyberattack that is affecting companies and government systems (all times EDT): 6:20 p.m. A Pennsylvania health care system says it is taking steps to restore its computer network after being hit by a ranso...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Merck & Co. said Tuesday that a new type of cholesterol drug reduced heart attacks, deaths and other complications of heart disease in a huge, late-stage study. The positive result was a welcome surprise because three previous e...

A fugitive who was wanted for offenses dating back six years was taken into custody Thursday at his house in McHenry. Jaime Herrera, 57, of the 2500 block of Kenilworth Avenue, was apprehended without issue as he was getting out of a vehicle in his ...

Forty years ago, Anita Silvert and James Sherman were young college graduates watching as their hometown of Skokie made international headlines. This summer, they're reliving those memories as they play pivotal roles in the upcoming Evanston revival...

Former Illinois congressman Bob Dold said he never felt unsafe as a member of Congress and he certainly never felt unsafe during early-morning baseball practices with his Republican colleagues. "Because practice was so early, the only people we ever...

Democratic state Rep. Scott Drury on Tuesday became the latest suburbanite to throw his name into an already crowded Democratic primary field for governor. Drury, a former U.S. prosecutor from Highwood in his third term in Springfield, has frequentl...