It’s a study of contrasts, these two homes on the 400 block of East Chicago Street in Elgin.One is an ornate 1872 Italianate style house that was featured on one of Elgin’s neighborhood house tours a few years ago. Original post:  Suburbs... 

A Rolling Meadows couple has filed suit against an Oak Lawn hospital and three Chicago news outlets over coverage of the birth of their triplets in February. See original here: Couple sues over privacy in media coverage of triplets’ births  Read More →

A moment of silence is planned Friday to remember fallen Marine C.J. Boyd during Palatine High School’s away football game versus Lake Forest High School. Original post: Moment of silence, memorial service planned to remember fallen Marine  Read More →

On Saturday, 12-year-old Andrew Lopez of Mount Prospect will be among the more than 1,000 children hitting the lakefront in the 20th annual Chicago Kids’ Triathlon. Original post: Young Mt. Prospect triathlete overcoming diabetes  Read More →

The catastrophic floods in Pakistan has sent shock waves through Chicago’s suburban Muslim communities, who are donating unprecedented amounts of supplies and cash, say officials with area relief agencies. The rest is here:  Suburban Muslims rush... 

ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti, formerly a columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, has been arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles. Go here to see the original: Former Sun-Times sports columnist Mariotti arrested in L.A.  Read More →

St. Charles Alderman David Richards is scheduled to appear in court next month on charges he exposed himself while driving on Route 64 in West Chicago. Read more from the original source:  Cops: St. Charles alderman exposed self  Read More →

Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that affects property tax assessments in Illinois. Quinn signed the legislation into law Sunday in Chicago. The new law extends the property tax cap in Cook County and creates oversight boards in Cook, DuPage, Kane,... 

The cremated remains of a Barrington woman’s grandmother, which were lost for more than a week after shipping from Phoenix to Chicago, were located Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Postal Service’s processing facility in Elk Grove Village. Continued... 

The state’s only school for the deaf and blind will run out of money next week if the state does not come through with the roughly $1 million it owes the school, officials say. Go here to see the original: Glen Ellyn’s Rock Center for deaf...