“I know Tim and his resilience and tenacity,” Isaac said. “I felt he’d be a perfect fit. He’s already encouraging his fellow teammates and is always full of energy and full of life. He stays positive.

Westchester turns 100 this year, prompting me to create a list of some interesting historical tidbits I came across while looking back on the village’s history. Got more interesting historical facts ...

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin (1st) and his challenger, Brandon Johnson, were in a virtual dead heat, according to suburban and city election data that was available online — but in a 12:00 ...

According to estimates by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, roughly 13,000 people were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments for fireworks-related injuries last year — around half of ...

With Women’s History Month as the background, the Village of Broadview Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of Jasmine Williams as a firefighter in the Broadview Fire Department, making her ...

“Fill your tank and get a Metra pass,” writes Chicago Magazine reporters in the publication’s special Suburbia issue. “Here are the best places to eat, drink, bike, hike, shop, party, and explore, ...

Officials with both the village of Maywood and the Maywood Park District, two separate taxing bodies, have said that they’re ready to see six village-operated parks in Maywood turned over to the park ...

Featured image: Christopher Baines, left, and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera. “One of the biggest drug investigations in history began in Chicago with less than two ounces of heroin,” the Sun-Times ...

Oak Park middle schooler Jadyn Dale hauls soil in a wheelbarrow last Saturday while helping to install a native garden pathway outside of his school. Below, students plant native vegetation in the ...

For the last 20 years, Leila Collins has helped organize an annual Martin Luther King Day tribune — the last 18 of which have been held at Community Presbyterian Church, 2000 W. Roosevelt Rd. in ...

A Metra train hit a pedestrian near the Maywood Metra Station at 5th Avenue and Main Street on Thursday afternoon, according to Metra’s Twitter feed and a WGN news report. “The incident happened ...