Fox River Grove's downtown redevelopment and shaping the next 100 years of the tiny McHenry County town are top priorities for candidates vying to become village trustees. Five candidates - incumbent Steve Knar and challengers Patrick Wall, Jennife...

Music Institute of Chicago students, including those studying through its Community School and those enrolled in its Academy for gifted pre-college musicians (designated below with *), continue to demonstrate the results of the organization's high-q...

A Black History Month event featuring the Jackie Robinson West baseball team will go on as planned in Northbrook despite Wednesday's ruling by Little League International officials to strip the team of last summer's U.S. championship. In a hastily c...

One of Lincolnshire's more prominent retailers could be replaced this year by a medical clinic, village officials said Monday. The owners of the Lincolnshire Commons shopping center on the northwest corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Aptakisic Road are ...

Tricia Saviano Hammer of East Dundee is an art therapist and licensed counselor working on a Ph.D., who owns and operates Artisticology at 111 W. Main St. in West Dundee. She's also an artist herself ... and a belly dancer. While belly dancing is an...

Crossing Bridges See if actor Todd Bridges (“Diff'rent Strokes,” “Everybody Hates Chris”) draws from his memoir, “Killing Willis,” for aspects of his standup comedy routine this weekend when he performs at the Comedy Shrine, 4034 Fox Valley Cen...

Heartland Animal Shelter is celebrating a Month of Love in February with reduced adoption fees for mature dogs and cats, and ones that have been longtime shelter residents. Dogs at least 5 years old, or who have been waiting a long time for a home c...

Gov. Bruce Rauner's opener for his State of the State address Wednesday offered lawmakers a partnership to work with him, “solving problems together, listening and learning from each other.” But just before he listed his priorities, from freezing pr...