Libertyville police and fire calls will be answered by dispatchers in Vernon Hills beginning this summer. After years of study, village officials in a cost-saving move have agreed to consolidate services at a joint center operated by the Vernon Hills... 

Ravinia again promises more than enough music and dance to keep the box office busy throughout the summer. More: Ravinia schedule high on marquee names  Read More →

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney split six states and dueled in an almost impossibly close race in Ohio on a Super Tuesday that stretched from one end of the country to the other in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation.A... 

Burr Oak scandal leads to contested workers’ compensation claim In the days following the discovery of a grisly grave-reselling scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in the summer of 2009, Cook County sheriff’s Detective Robert Carroll walked into... 

This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Grant Park Chorus. Go here to read the rest:  Grant Park festival readies salute to chorus  Read More →

New shows for Fox, Cartoon Network could be next step for star stand-up Back in the summer, when we last left Hannibal Buress, he had sold out 16 shows at Zanies Comedy Club in Old Town. A son of the West Side, a veteran of Chicago’s stand-up circuit,... 

Brian DeFrees brings us a time-lapse video of his two month road trip across the United States this summer. If you must see our fair city, start at 4:32, but the whole video is pretty fun, and worth the watching time. [ more › ] Go here to read the... 

Sveum is widely respected within baseball, although his stint as the Red Sox’s third-base coach seems somewhat controversial . But he was there when the team won the World Series in 2004, so he’s undoubtedly familiar with the methods of Cubs’... 

Kenyan Moses Mosop, who missed more than a month of training this summer because of the nagging injury, rose to the occasion to capture the Bank of America Chicago in impressive fashion Sunday. Excerpt from: Mosop blazes new trail in Chicago Marathon  Read More →

Teachers, students and family gathered under rainy skies Tuesday at St. Emily Elementary School in Mount Prospect to dedicate a memorial prayer garden to Molly Kohl, a 10-year-old student who died of leukemia over the summer. Molly was heading into the...