Winnetka Affordable Housing Plan Draws Cheers, Jeers
It was standing room only last night as the village board discussed an affordable housing plan in the upscale North Shore suburb of Winnetka.
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It was standing room only last night as the village board discussed an affordable housing plan in the upscale North Shore suburb of Winnetka.
With just one week to go until the deadline, the Internal Revenue Service is still waiting for about a third of Illinois taxpayers to file their returns.
It was the hottest ticket in town last night - the opening of a new restaurant by acclaimed Chicago chef Grant Achatz.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel wants to modernize the non-emergency 311 system.
Three months into its latest phase, the City of Chicago says the massive Wacker Drive reconstruction project is on schedule and within budget.
Synthetic substances on the market mimic the effects of marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs, often selling for as little as $10.
A polling place might be an unlikely place to find love but, a north suburban couple is engaged after meeting on Election Day in November of 2008.
Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock is in the Chicago area Tuesday, visiting with patients at Advocate Christ Medical Center and talking about his battle with diabetes.
It's getting more expensive to own a car.
If you're looking for a job, McDonalds is hanging out the "help wanted" sign.
For a second straight year, some students at Northwestern University are organizing a backhanded tribute to actor Nicolas Cage.
Readers in Gary, Ind., are losing their main library and a branch to cost-cutting.
Government agencies still are downsizing but a Chicago research firm reports that overall, employers are cutting fewer jobs.
A new survey ranks Kendall County as Illinois' healthiest county, while Cook is 70th among the state's 102 counties.
Eleven people were hurt Tuesday morning when a car slammed into a CTA bus while fleeing from a group of men who were shooting at the car while chasing it in two other vehicles.
A University of Illinois at Chicago professor could play a key role in a landmark discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, which is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
First it was the Asian long-horned beetle, then the emerald ash borer. And now, the stink bug has made it to the Chicago area.
The mother of a young woman murdered in the Northern Illinois University massacre three years ago, is among those speaking out against a bill that would allow Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons.
A 16-year-old boy was killed when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree early Thursday morning, while driving on a wet and snowy road in Arlington Heights.
A suburban school district is getting ready to lay off hundreds of teachers at the end of term.
One of the young men convicted in the beating death of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Thursday.
Rob Solomon, the president and chief operating officer of Groupon is leaving the company and returning to California.
A Cook County judge has found a former Streamwood police officer guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct for repeatedly hitting an unarmed man with his baton last year.
Do you think you could be the new voice of the Aflac duck? If so, the insurance company is looking for you.
Closing arguments are due later this week in a medical malpractice case against a notorious northwest Indiana "nose doctor."
