ST. CHARLES - Proper Title LLC, a full-service title insurance firm serving commercial and residential real estate, has opened a new location at 440 S. 3rd St. in St. Charles to accommodate its fast-growing business. A surge in requests for a closin...

The Morrison-Shearer Foundation is pleased to announce it has made a major gift of photos and negatives by the late 20th Century photographer Helen Balfour Morrison to the Newberry Library's archives. This donation of the Morrison collection is an a...

Here's a little test of your speed-reading skills. How long would it take you to read 1,500 pages of a complex Illinois budget? Think you could do it in roughly 12 hours? That's about 125 pages an hour - or two pages a minute. We're not saying it's ...

The North Suburban YMCA held its third annual Seniorpalooza on Wednesday, May 29th, treating local seniors to free presentations, health screenings, food, vendors, entertainment and demonstration classes. The highlight of the event was a performan...

Elizabeth Kelly knew that her late husband's job as a state trooper was dangerous. But when she pictured her husband - Trooper James Sauter - getting hurt or killed, she says she always thought that it would be because he was shot. Sauter died on Ma...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's tail wind seems to be catching suburban Democratic lawmakers despite possible backlash from Republican voters on questions like a graduated income tax. On two Pritzker campaign promises that don't necessarily play well in suburb...

SPRINGFIELD - Conditional graduated tax rates and a pair of bills aimed at addressing Illinois' high property tax costs passed the General Assembly on Friday and will head to the governor. The graduated tax rate structure will take effect in January...

The founding pastor of Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness is returning to the suburbs this week to mark his 50th anniversary as a priest. The Rev. Medard Laz will celebrate his jubilee at the 5 p.m. Saturday Mass at the church established i...

• On May 14, longtime Elk Grove Village Trustee James Petri was honored with a plaque on the village's Rotunda of Recognition with sincere gratitude and appreciation of his dedicated service to the village of Elk Grove. Mayor Craig B. Johnson and th...

SPRINGFIELD - A pair of measures aimed at addressing high property taxes in the state were advanced by a House committee Tuesday, one day after legislators voted to put a constitutional amendment allowing a switch to a graduated income tax system on...