West Deerfield Township Supervisor Julie Morrison is moving her political career to Springfield. Unofficial results from 139 of 141 precincts in Cook and Lake counties late Tuesday show Morrison topped Arie Friedman for the 29th Senate District seat...

Redistricting played a major role in deciding the race for the 59th Representative District, as Democratic state Rep. Carol Sente ended Republican state Rep. Sidney Mathias’ 14-year tenure in the Illinois House Tuesday night. In the only Illinois ba...

Early and absentee voting in Lake County may have helped give Democrat Brad Schneider an upset win over Republican Robert Dold in the 10th Congressional District. With ballots in 419 of 419 precincts counted, Schneider had 130,676 votes, roughly 50....

Former Chicago Bulls center Bill Cartwright is known for sharing the court with another Bulls legend, Michael Jordan, during their winning seasons in the 1990s, or his stints as a coach. Lake Forest resident Cartwright retired as a player following...

Objects d'art The international art fair SOFA CHICAGO 2012 displays masterworks of contemporary and modern art and design, sculpture and more for purchase this weekend at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. $15 single-day admission. (312) 5...

Pumpkins away! See how physics and pumpkins combine (especially when hurled by trebuchets!) at two weekend events: The Pumpkin Launch at Century Park Sled Hill, 1001 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills. $2 per pumpkin; free to view. (847) 996-6800 o...

Gary Levitas, president and founder of the Wheeling-based Northfield Group, loves dealing with people. He enjoys the fact that he and his wife, Marina, work together in the sales office of their Millbrook Pointe row home/townhouse community on Wolf ...

Rick Franklin was working out at Bannockburn’s Midtown Athletic Club on Sept. 27 when he heard a thud behind him. “I looked back and saw Gary on the ground,” Franklin recalled. That was Gary Greenberg. The 58-year-old Highland Park resident had suff...