There is quiet concern and worry in the superhero world: Superboy has leukemia. As he awaits a bone-marrow transplant, the resolve of this Buffalo Grove 4-year-old has prompted his family and super friends to celebrate his courage - and raise aware...

An Illinois judge tossed out a landmark law Friday intended to fix the nation's worst government-employee pension crisis, ruling that the plan lawmakers adopted less than a year ago violates the state constitution's ban on reducing retirement benefi...

"Every time I dive with Diveheart, I find another piece of myself." - Greg Rodriguez, 27-year-old Marine veteran with traumatic brain injury Submitted by Wendy Foster American Legion Post 791 Northbrook has launched a collaboration with Diveheart....

To have a downtown or not to have a downtown. That is the question before Buffalo Grove's new planning and zoning commission, which held the first of three workshops on the proposal Wednesday at the very village hall that would be razed to make deve...

When Trisha Anderson of Lake Forest thinks about soup, she thinks of her mother, Jane Clarke of Evanston. Anderson is founder and president of Waukegan-based Frontier Soups, and she credits her mom as her inspiration, she said. "She was always resou...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., November 12, 2014 - Recently, Covenant Village of Northbrook, a faith-based, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, hosted Dr. Linda Hollinger-Smith, vice president of Mather LifeWays Institute of Aging, who presented...

When it comes to wrangling the Thanksgiving meal onto the table, one motto gets it right: Be prepared. Let's face it, our national day of feasting features multiple dishes, all of which require different cooking times, temperatures and techniques. F...

Dozens of young children can experience the excitement of ice skating for the first time during Try Skating for Free on Saturday, December 13 at the Northbrook Sports Center. Children, ages 3 and up, can attend one of two free classes from the North...

Northbrook, IL, November 11, 2014: Zengeler Cleaners recently promoted two long time employees to management positions in the historic company's production department. Fernanda Estella was named General Manager of Production for the enterprise, wh...