The inaugural Little Bear Ribfest will showcase legendary down-home Chicago blues and award-winning ribs in Vernon Hills. The community event will be from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, in Century Park on...

Less than a week before students return to the halls of Indian Trail Junior High in Addison, a different group will be taking over the school. These newcomers, tough, aren't preteens. They're performers from the Carson and Barnes Circus, the “Bigges...

Addison Trail High School officials have named a school administrator to take the top spot of principal in the 2012-13 school year. Adam Cibulka, who has been the assistant principal for curriculum and instruction for three years, will lead nearly 2...

Brittany and Lindsey Nolan of Elk Grove Village have performed with their sister, Kelsey, in smash hit musicals, from “High School Musical” to “Grease.” Kelsey has Down syndrome and she has inspired her older sisters to major in special education i...

Estimating costs There is a new website launched by a nonprofit consumer group to help patients get cost estimates by ZIP code before they set foot into a hospital or dentist's office. The useful site will provide estimates for several medical ...

Ÿ The Des Plaines Park District appointed Tom Hejnowski to assistant golf supervisor. Hejnowski has worked at the Golf Center for the past 8 years as a part-time facility manager, supervising a staff of more than 25 employees. He has extensive fron...

A Wood Dale man accused of threatening to put a bomb in a 2-year-old’s bedroom was charged Friday with stockpiling explosives in his basement and blowing up a Dumpster outside a Bensenville church. Bryan R. Roehr, 24, was ordered held on $750,000 b...

Suburbanites looking for one last blast of summer fun before the school year starts are in luck. This year’s four-day Wood Dale Prairie Fest is bigger than ever, offering more crowd-pleasing carnival rides and bands with head-bopping beats. “It’s a ...