Wood Dale Mayor Ken Johnson will try tonight to convince the city council to delay approval of a $1.27 million reconstruction project for the city's Metra station. The city council is set to vote on the issue - which a majority of aldermen favor - a...

March 19 U.S. Olympic Basketball skills competition: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Bartlett Community Center gymnasium, 700 S. Bartlett Road. Free and open to ages 8-13. Advance registration encouraged. (630) 540-4834. March 20 Drop-in volleyball: 6-7:...

President Obama's recent support for embryonic stem cell research and abortion illustrate just how little politicians like him (and Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry and Joe Biden) understand about the religion they claim to be a part of. And no, you cann...

As welcome and pleasant as the recent thaw was, what is not welcome nor pleasant is all the garbage that was revealed. Plastic bottles, bags and fast-food containers litter the streets and sidewalks. I am asking everyone who owns property to please ...

Events that specify they are for those who are over age 50, including trips, classes, support programs, fitness and lectures. Send items to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com two weeks before event date. Arlington Heights Senior Golf League: The senio...

SPRINGFIELD - Many suburban households would be asked to pay more in Illinois income taxes to avoid massive state cuts to education, health care and services to the disabled under Gov. Pat Quinn's budget plan he'll unveil next week. An expected 1.5 ...

I don't disagree that the U.S. is bizarre in many ways these days, but lumping the issues of growing hemp and prohibition in with embryonic stem cell research is what seems bizarre to me. The Bush Administration's so-called "hostility toward stem ce...

The Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau based in Schaumburg has booked three new events to be held in the area this summer. The first event, Senior Softball Midwest Championships, will be in the region June 8 to 14. Games will be played in...

March 13 Northwest Suburban Astronomers: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, Hoffman Estates Park District Community Center, 1685 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. Open to the public. Free. Gordon, (847) 231-3145 or nsaclub.org. March 14 Northern Illinois ...

Wood Dale police patrols Wood Dale police will step up patrols over St. Patrick's Day weekend as part of a grant funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Officers will intensify enforcement efforts against impaired drivers, placing speci...