Unlike a private business where an economic rebound can translate to reinvestment, public recreation agencies are more constrained in what they can do. However, through a combination of partnerships, long-term planning, tax support and other circum...

Nearly 500 employees from Discover Financial Services descended on the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake on Thursday to volunteer their time to support nonprofit groups through Chicago Cares. Volunteers from the company's business technology depa...

Cindy Harris of Naperville has raised three daughters, worked with young girls over the years and has seen how peer pressure can be a problem while growing up. An aspiring writer, Harris developed Rising Empress, a package of posters, stickers and ...

In my effort to spend one hour photographing in Prospect Heights, I must admit I resorted to using Google to search for a boundaries map before I drove all over the nearly 40-year-old city. I knew the boundaries were likely to be a bit squiggly, but...

Dennis “Denny” Geils, 64, of Mount Prospect, a lifelong farmer who was born in Elgin in 1951, grew up on a farm in western Des Plaines and later farmed a 10-acre parcel in Northbrook, died Tuesday from complications of heart disease and diabetes, ac...

For many homeowners, the porch is less of a design feature than it is a way of life. "I live on my screened porch. I built it as a present to myself for my 50th birthday and it is the best present ever," says Atlanta realtor, Bill Golden. "Some days...

Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno says ousting a few suburban lawmakers will be priorities as her party tries to loosen Democrats' iron grip on the state Senate in next year's election. "We've got some suburban opportunities both in DuPage ...