Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 451,049 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 7,521 deaths in the suburbs,...

Chadwick Todd Raymond was born on Jan. 4, 1953, in Ames, Iowa, to Virgil and Solveig Raymond. He graduated from Roland-Story High School in 1971. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Iowa State University and a Master of Arts in Library Science fro...

Jet Foods, a new independent grocer developed by a familiar name in the suburban supermarket business, is preparing to launch its first store in Carol Stream by the end of the month. John Everest Thomas, CEO of Chicago-based parent company Freedom D...

Editor's note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically restraining them face down. But they didn't have the time. A yearlong legislative...

Vernon Area Public Library has been recognized as one of the nation's "Star Libraries" for 2020, as announced in the most recent edition of Library Journal. The magazine's 13th annual Index of Public Library Service evaluates the per capita measurem...

After having time to absorb the events of Jan. 6, I have concluded it was probably one of the most monumental days in the history of our nation. It was, ironically, one of the worst and one of the best all in one day. In the end, light prevailed ov...

Yes, Craig Solomon will gladly accept the honor. Given the challenges Glenview's business community has faced, though, he sees it as a shared achievement. Solomon, executive director of the Wesley Child Care Center, 727 Harlem Ave., has been awarde...