KENILWORTH, N.J. (AP) - Slightly higher sales and substantial cost-cutting by Merck & Co. boosted second-quarter profit 75 percent, but the drugmaker lowered its financial forecast for the year, citing higher restructuring costs in the quarter. Mean...

The memory of a Stevenson High School graduate who died of a heroin overdose is now part of a national law. Lali's Law, which President Barack Obama signed as part of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, will increase access to an opioid ov...

As part of its annual budget process, the Naperville Park District invites the public to comment on capital improvements proposed throughout the District for 2017. A community open house will be held on Thursday, August 11 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the...

Witnesses describe wrong-way crash on Route 53 Illinois State Police had not yet said last night how Mount Prospect resident Zachary Sipe drove his 2014 Toyota south in the northbound lanes of Route 53 near Euclid Avenue, colliding into two oth...

Brad Schneider likens his 10th Congressional District matchup against U.S. Rep. Bob Dold to the famed 1970s boxing three-peat between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Schneider, a Deerfield Democrat, and Dold, a Kenilworth Republican, are facing each o...

Ensuring "treatment before tragedy" while pumping $150 million into national mental health efforts are among the components of a bill being promoted as the most significant piece of legislation in that area since 1962. The Helping Families in Menta...

The Healthy Lombard Foundation's 2016 Flat Apple Activities have touched over 80 kids and there is still time to move and have fun this summer by participating and earning Raffle Tickets. Upcoming events include: JULY 21, 2016 - Health Track Sports ...

Some of the suburbs' largest school districts and those that have pushed hardest for changes to Illinois' education funding will get the biggest budget bump under the plan lawmakers finally approved last week. Algonquin-based Community Unit District...

As America struggles with a growing public distrust of its police officers, Mundelein officials on Friday unveiled a statue honoring the men and women who wear the badge and uniform in town. Dubbed “The Protector,” the life-size bronze piece depicts...