Lennar announces it is down to the final four single-family homes at Morgan's Gate in Wood Dale. The builder says the homes have been popular with buyers who want to enjoy the amenities of a new home, but without leaving the area. Located near the i...

WOOD DALE -- AAR Corp. announced Wednesday that it received a $162 million contract for specialized shipping and storage containers, shelters and accessories from the Defense Department's Supply Center Philadelphia. The two-year contract, with three...

DOWNERS GROVE -- Sara Lee Corp. said Wednesday it has appointed Shalabh Gupta as treasurer, effective immediately. Gupta, 46, joined Sara Lee in October 2004 as director, capital markets and pensions. In September 2005, he was promoted to assistant ...

All middle and elementary school students must now be accompanied by an adult when entering high school football games, according to a new policy in Indian Prairie Unit District 204. In an e-mail to the Waubonsie community, Principal Jim Schmid sai...

For those who drive to work, it may not be surprising that the Chicago area clocks in some of the highest average travel times to work in the nation. In a 2005 ranking of large cities, Chicagoans spent an average of 33.2 minutes, second only to New ...

Public meetings soon may be only a mouse click away in Elgin. On Friday, city officials said they're soliciting proposals from companies to post video of all public meetings on the city's Web site. The service, which they hope to have in place by ea...

Wrapping up arguments in the "Family Secrets" mob trial Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mitchell Mars methodically went through defense attorneys' explanations and sought to show why jurors should put no stock in them. Chief among his tasks was to...

Charting relatively new ground in cyberspace, Lincolnshire officials may offer video recordings of village board meetings on the town's Web site. If trustees approve the move next month, they'll be among the first in the area to put such videos onli...