Eight North suburban Chicago residents were sworn in recently in the chamber of the Lake County Juvenile Court, Vernon Hills, as officers of the court and as advocates for battered and neglected children. The advocates are charged with helping to ch...

The Top 20 finalists for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent all make music. But the acts, announced Wednesday, represent a wide range of genres — including rock, folk, funk and opera — as they prepare to battle it out in the summerlong talent competition...

Jerry Rich has become the most ambitious golf tournament promoter in Chicago, there's no doubt about that. The owner of Rich Harvest Farms, Rich has provided a steady diet of top-level competition at his sparkling Sugar Grove layout ever since the L...

A father and daughter launched a business using their professional and personal experiences. The idea for the company originated when Angie Maguire and her friends grew tired of supporting local sports teams and organizations through the same fundr...

Staying true to its mission of giving back to the local community, Northbrook Bank & Trust presented the Glenbrook Education Foundation with a donation to help provide local, deserving students with scholarships. "We believe every student should ha...

If Gov. Bruce Rauner picks a suburban youth prison to close, the move likely would spark a tense hearing that would slow the decision process down. Rauner's office said Wednesday that he wants to close up to two of the state's youth prisons and that...

The battles of the spring that left suburban day cares, parents of autistic children and even court reporters desperate for answers about what the state would fund and what it wouldn't are set to continue. Lawmakers were set to leave Springfield Sun...