Flag football proves a natural fit for Special Olympians Flag football is a recent arrival on the scene for Special Olympics Illinois, but it has already zoomed near the top in popularity. The enthusiasm for the sport was evident during a tournament...

They're doing what? Metra's announcement the railroad is scaling back its $2.4 billion capital plan that promised new railcars and locomotives has caught riders off-guard. Back in 2015, fares shot up by 10.8 percent on average, and a 2 percent ave...

Looking to kick off your fantasy football league in style? Get your friends and co-workers together for a draft party at one of the many area sports bars offering special packages for fans. Cortland's Garage in Arlington Heights offers anyone bookin...

Residents following the Chicago Department of Aviation's runway rotation experiment should watch for possible schedule changes in the coming weeks related to construction. Workers will replace concrete and asphalt pavement on one of the airport's mo...

Inching along on the Jane Addams Tollway in construction land, two questions arise. Which movie dystopia is the dusty landscape dotted with hills of rubble more reminiscent of - the gritty highways of "Mad Max" or the decimated District 13 in "The ...

The groundbreaking for the construction of O'Hare International Airport's final parallel runway this week was ceremonial, but suburbs to the west are expecting real noise relief in four years or so. At more than 11,000 feet, the runway will be the s...

The Salt Creek Marsh Forest Preserve near Wood Dale and Itasca will grow by more than 24 acres thanks to a land donation from a real estate trust to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. The district's board of commissioners recently agreed...

Wood Dale-based aerospace and defense contractor AAR Corp. named Cheryle Robinson Jackson the first president of AAR Africa. Prior to the promotion, she served as vice president at AAR, a company that provides aircraft maintenance and supply chain...