An Easter egg hunt went to the dogs Sunday, as various weight classes of canines and their owners battled for treats and other goodies during the sixth annual Doggie Egg Hunt at the Cabin Nature Center White Oaks Dog Park in Wood Dale. About 100 dog...

The Hooded Bandit — suspected of robbing five banks in Rolling Meadows, Wood Dale and Bensenville in the past year — has struck again in Bensenville, authorities said. About 4:20 p.m. Monday, a man entered the Chase Bank branch at 133 West Grand Ave...

Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and an RBI single, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cubs 7-2 on Friday in the opener of Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary season. John Mayberry Jr. also had a two-run drive for his fourth career pinch-hit ho...

Cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Dominic Tolitano isn't surprised when his patients lose a pound a day on the Ideal Protein diet. He lost a pound a day himself. "I'd been trying to lose weight for a decade," he says. "I'd tried everything, Atkins, high-fi...

Transit expert Steve Schlickman rode the CTA's Blue Line March 25, one day after a train car rocketed up an escalator at O'Hare Station — and he'll take it again. But “I have a question as to whether there's anything systemic here,” said Schlickman,...

This story has been updated to reflect that Joliet is located near the Des Plaines River. Cheryl Brady has lived in her Wheeling home for the past 15 years, and though she says it's never flooded, she's still required by her mortgage lender to ...

Vincent LoCascio is no technophobe. He appreciates the power of the Internet and sites like YouTube and Facebook, where anyone can create and post a show, a thought, a photo. But when it comes to the local talk show he produces, LoCascio prefers to ...

Things are not looking good for the North Aurora Activity Center, which has been closed for two weeks after village officials deemed it unsafe. The village received a report from a structural engineer this week about the state of the building's roof...