Elgin bull; A case containing 20 compact discs, credit cards and $50 was stolen between 11 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday from a 1996 Nissan Mirage in the 100 block of College Street, reports said. bull; Someone stole a car stereo and HP l...

NEW YORK -- CVS Caremark Corp. says it struck a large pharmacy benefit management services contract with health insurer Aetna Inc., and says its profit fell 7 percent in the second quarter. Caremark of Woonsocket, R.I., with local operations in Nort...

NORTHBROOK - Underwriters Laboratories, a world leader in safety testing and certification, announced a new initiative to develop and launch electric-vehicle installation training programs aimed at furthering the development and installation of elec...

A longtime Wheaton employee has been chosen to become the city's next finance director. Robert Lehnhardt had been serving as Wheaton's acting director of finance since the departure of former Finance Director Mark Horton in December 2009. City Manag...

A baseball dugout or a football sideline are two of the best places to be for Dominic Savino. "Coaching is something I've always wanted to do," said Savino, a Daily Herald All-Area baseball player at Elk Grove in 1994. "For me it ends up being my ho...

Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, had its second-quarter profit estimate cut by more than half by FBR Capital Markets on catastrophe costs from storms in the U.S. Midwest. The estimate for Northbrook-based Allst...

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, has purchased a business providing group legal-services coverage from Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., adding to its Hyatt Legal Plans business. Locally, MetLife has operations in Aurora and Downers Grov...

Family obligations kept Tim Massat from playing baseball this spring at Oakton College. Defending Cook County American Legion baseball champion Elk Grove is glad Massat was able to play this summer. The Schaumburg graduate went 4-for-6 with a homer ...

A 4-year-old boy died late Monday after being submerged in a backyard pool for a time Sunday in unincorporated Northbrook, the Cook County Sheriff's office said Tuesday. Sheriff's police responded to an emergency call from Northbrook Fire Department...