The suburbs have been home to some of the greatest writers, actors, sports stars and business pioneers of the past 150 years. Our list includes Oscar winners, Olympians and important historical figures - from the presidential candidate who came clos...

Supporters and opponents of a merger between the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern freight railroads laid out vastly diverging scenarios at a federal hearing Wednesday if the union is approved. U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi warned of excessi...

One resident suffered minor injuries in a late Monday night house fire in Wood Dale. Fire officials said one of the residents inside the split-level, single-family house at the time of the fire was treated at the scene and released. Firefighters wer...

Illinois taxpayers are bearing the financial brunt of a prolonged legal fight to consolidate nearly 650 public safety pension plans into two large retirement systems for police and firefighters. The consolidation process - designed to save taxpayers...

Fourteen years ago, suburbanites marched with homemade signs, lobbied their congressmen and hired lawyers in hopes of defeating a proposed merger between mega railroad CN and the smaller EJ & E Railway. Despite all that, the U.S. Surface Transportat...

Federal regulators got an earful Monday about the proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways at a forum in Itasca. The two railroads are among the smallest of the freight carriers, but joined they would form a massive ...

The times when every community had a locally owned and operated bank and residents personally knew and socialized with its leadership are largely gone. Today, communities which have such institutions are few and far between as banks buy one another ...