A Des Plaines police officer that a panel found guilty of verbally and physically abusing anti-abortion protesters will have to wait to hear his fate. Dick V. Lalowski faces termination due to the allegations of protesters who were outside a Des Pla...

Trap Shooting Golden BBs: A group of seven local teens attended the world shooting event called the "Grand American" at Sparta, Ill., recently. Jim Hurtenbach of Mundelein, Kevin Pilling of Mundelein, Spencer Hauri of Libertyville, Brett Marquardt o...

Basketball Registration: The Arlington Heights Youth Basketball Association registration is open. Session I pre-registration (sixth-grade girls and fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade boys) continues through today. Walk-in registration is offered for a...

CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich announced $190,000 in Opportunity Returns grants to four area technology-based firms to help these companies advance commercialization efforts and grow their businesses. American BioOptics in Evanston, MicroLink De...

CHICAGO -- United Airlines reported Tuesday its preliminary traffic results for August showed its highest-ever for the month for passenger load -- 86.3 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles increased in August by 2.3 percent on a capacity...

TODAY Hands-On Bread Baking Chef Rose Frane will share her bread baking expertise in this hands-on class focusing focaccia and baguettes at 6:30 p.m. at Someone's in the Kitchen, 522 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. $55. (847) 816-9511 or www.LiveLo...

SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts as political pawns, several lawmakers said Tuesday. "Misleading the school distr...

DEERFIELD -- Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the initiation of a pivotal Phase III clinical trial evaluating clobazam, a benzodiazapine with significant anticonvulsant properties, as a treatment for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, one ...

Purchasing index rises for Chicago CHICAGO -- U.S. business activity held at a level in August that suggests companies continue to expand, though at a less rapid rate, a private report showed Friday. The National Association of Purchasing Management...