Arlington Hts. man says ride offer to young girls misunderstood In retrospect, Rodney T. Peterson says he shouldn't have stopped his car in a snowstorm March 2 and offered a ride to two teenage girls he didn't know. But the Arlington Heights ma...

Concha Garza said that every time she thinks her friends have done all they can to support her, they find a way to top themselves. On Sunday, that meant holding a charity basketball game to support Garza's 13-year-old daughter, Ashley, and raise mo...

Plenty of schools collect cans for food pantries. Others encourage students to volunteer in the community at charities, senior centers or shelters. But some take their goodwill a step further, connecting volunteerism and the classroom under an umbre...

As you might guess when you search this column for the accompanying photographs, that headline about poms, bikinis, puppies and an ax murderer is a big, fat lie. And that's OK with Sheri Reda, a Wood Dale native whose inventive storytelling has pro...

An interview with Ron Hanik, owner of A+ Pet Massage and Swimming with locations in Wood Dale and Oswego. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We provide canine and human massage services. We also provide swim therapy and fun swims for dog...

High Wheeler Train Show Model train fans can see more than 20 operating model railroads at the High Wheeler Train Show at the Harper College Sports Center, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine. Layouts include elaborate structures and model trains ...

Seinfeld says ... If tuning in to reruns of “Seinfeld” and re-watching “Bee Movie” isn't giving you enough exposure to famed comedian Jerry Seinfeld, then catch one of his two standup shows Saturday at the Akoo Theatre at Rosemont, 5400 N. Rive...

Officials say good police work and cooperative residents helped stop an attempted robbery early Thursday morning in Wood Dale. Police received a 911 call just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday from residents of a home on the 200 block of North Central Avenu...

A Carol Stream man accused of sexually assaulting a girl after taking her to a hotel for her 13th birthday was ordered held Thursday on $500,000 bail. Antonio Penaflor, 39, of the 1400 block of Walnut Circle, appeared in DuPage County bond court on...

The culinary team at Technology Center of DuPage snagged first place at the Illinois Restaurant Association's ProStart Invitational. For their win, the four high school students received scholarships to culinary school and the opportunity to go toqu...