Two teachers at Woodview School in Grayslake had a little idea for students who went trick-or-treating last week. Instead of keeping an entire load of Halloween candy, the kids were asked to bring some to to school so it could be donated to U.S. tro...

Three unused houses and two sheds in Elgin and Bartlett owned by Elgin Area School District U-46 soon will be razed, but not before a local preservation group tries to salvage parts of the buildings, officials said. The U-46 school board last week a...

Activity at U.S. service firms accelerated in October behind a jump in sales and more hiring, suggesting businesses largely shrugged off the partial government shutdown. The Institute of Supply Management said Tuesday that its service-sector index r...

A measure of U.S. home prices rose only slightly in September from August, a sign that prices are leveling off after big gains earlier this year. Real estate provider CoreLogic said Tuesday that home prices increased 0.2 percent in September from th...

His pitch bipartisan and inclusive, Republican Gov. Chris Christie cruised to re-election Tuesday in Democratic-leaning New Jersey amid talk of a possible 2016 presidential run. Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly won the Virginia governor’s race, lea...

Construction of a long-awaited bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Higgins Road in Busse Woods just east of Route 53 took a significant step late last week with the installation of the main structure over the roadway. The progress brings the project'...

WASHINGTON — Anne Mahlum cannot stay still. It doesn't matter whether she's mid-marathon or in her Washington apartment — she bounds ahead like a finish line is steps away. Even the 32-year-old's spiky blond hair seems to fly in every possible direc...

LOS ANGELES — Weekend moviegoers chose sci-fi over slapstick. “Ender’s Game” scored the No. 1 slot at the weekend box office, earning $28 million in its opening weekend and sending “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” into second place, according to stud...