Nearing the end of his working career, Russ Peterman saved a newspaper article about The Elgin Area Men’s Shed, where retired men gather to do projects. “One day, I found the article on my breakfast ...

“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring – In Concert” will be performed Friday and Saturday at The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. (Columbia Artists Music LLC) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 ...

A 3 1/2-month search for a missing Blue Island man ended with his body being found in a drainage ditch. Dan Davis was last seen Nov. 25. His body was recovered March 9 in a ditch behind a Blue Island ...

Sanitary sewer repairs will begin Friday on Rockford’s Sixth Street. The east side southbound lane of Sixth will be closed between Ninth and 11 th avenues. Work is expected to be completed by the end ...

Two police pursuits in the Metro area ended in fatalities. At 11:10 p.m. Sunday, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville police attempted to stop a Chevrolet truck after an officer observed the ...

A Chicago man died from injuries sustained in an armed robbery on Chicago’s South Side. The 51-year-old man was inside a store on the 7500 block of South Racine at 12:31 p.m. Wednesday when two ...

Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, the heart of the city’s Mexican-American community, is getting its third Quality of Life Plan — and this time, the nonprofits that steered its development are ...

The Beverly Arts Center in Chicago will present “Beyond The Door,” a stage play directed by the Tony Award-nominated E. Faye Butler.

Illinois State Police have cited employees of five St. Charles stores for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. State Police Zone 1 Cmdr. Ramiro Montes said the citations were issued this month as part ...

Four Chicago residents have been charged in connection with a Downers Grove restaurant burglary. Elmhurst police had initiated an investigation related to recent burglaries, including a review of ...

Dr. Thomas Gibson will serve as a member of the Illinois State Medical Board. Gleason is an orthopedic surgeon at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in Des Plaines and Morton Grove, where he has ...

Pezband co-founder Mimi Betinis used the word “legacy” several times as he talked about the recent release on vinyl of “The Best of Pezband.” Betinis, the band’s guitarist, along with bassist Mike ...