FRANKFURT -- Siemens AG says it expects demand for products from its industrial division to stabilize this year after the economic downturn hit spending on big-ticket items. Munich-based Siemens said Friday that -- assuming there is a steady economi...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The security company formerly known as Blackwater shed its aviation division Thursday, selling the unit for $200 million to AAR Corp in a bid to strengthen the firm's balance sheet. Wood Dale-based AAR will get two aviation units t...

SPRINGFIELD - Wood Dale would gain legal authority to annex a small portion of land along Illinois Route 83 under a plan the Illinois House approved Wednesday. State Rep. Mike Fortner, a West Chicago Republican, said Wood Dale wants to annex the pro...

Elgin bull; Joseph Tomasino, the 41-year-old Elgin man charged last summer with disorderly conduct for spreading the Gospel too loudly on the streets of Elgin, has been vindicated in court. Kane County Judge Joseph Grady dropped the case agai...

The head of an airplane-leasing company formerly based in Naperville and a former executive with another based in Wood Dale have been hit with federal charges that they joined in a fraud scheme. According to a federal grand-jury indictment filed Wed...

Geneva bull; A woman's wallet was stolen after she dropped it on the ground near gasoline pumps at Marathon, 1501 E. State St., it was reported at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, police said. It contained credit and debit cards and $200. bull; A blue-...

Former U.S. Senate candidate Cheryle Jackson has stepped down as president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League. Jackson ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for a run for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Urban League spokesman Ro...

A public hearing Wednesday, March 17, on a proposed transfer of funds in Wood Dale School District 7 is not related to projected budget shortfalls, officials said. The district plans to transfer $450,000 from its education fund to its operations an...

I have read many letters by people who are against euthanizing coyotes in Wheaton. Let me say, that they are wild animals and they are becoming less afraid of humans. Currently, they only attack pets. And by the way, I have pets of my own. Does anyo...