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Two years ago, Elgin students didn't exactly dig into the red cabbage and pomegranate when it was served up at Highland Elementary School.

More than 211,000 fliers will descend on O'Hare International Airport today, as Labor Day travelers try to squeeze as much as possible out of the waning summer.

With the passing of Sept. 1, Cook County failed to make its formal deadline for mailing out second-installment tax bills for the 33rd straight year. The question is, when will the bills go out?

The DuPage County Board is expected to vote on a $70 million capital improvement package at a special meeting Tuesday.

Downtown Huntley, prepare to be revitalized. The Huntley village board on Thursday put the finishing touches on a Downtown Revitalization Plan, signaling the 18-month process of developing the plan is nearly through.

A St. Charles man and former gymnastics coach was convicted Thursday of nine counts of possession of child pornography.

Gurnee police say a drunken driver was behind the wheel of one of two vehicles that hit a pedestrian who died from his injuries late Wednesday. Benjamin A. Arizmendi, 20, of Park City, worked at a restaurant near Route 21 and Washington Street.

Six Flags Great America in Gurnee has announced it intends to expand its water park, nearly two months after it gave indications a new-generation roller coaster was in the works.

A popular driver's license facility in Libertyville could be forced to close if the state doesn't pay four months in back rent within 45 days, the landlord said.

Four people have been arrested in connection with a series of exotic bird thefts, Naperville police said Thursday. A man and two women have been charged with felony theft and a second man is awaiting charges, authorities said.

Jury selection was completed this morning in the trial of the Schaumburg forced to live in his driveway while foreclosure proceedings kept him out of his home. Proceedings are to resume after lunch.

Debate is raging across the country about a proposal to build an Islamic cultural center a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center memorial in New York City.

When he turned 34, Kishore Patel noticed he was sneezing, rubbing his eyes, and tending to a runny nose more often.

A possible lightning strike sent a Reno-bound American Airlines flight right back to Chicago this morning as a precaution. The plane landed safely at O'Hare International Airport without incident, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said.

The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday morning appointed Kane County State's Attorney John Barsanti to a judgeship opening this fall in the 16th Judicial Circuit.

A Kane County judge set bail Thursday at $100,000 for a man accused of stabbing an elderly woman in her hospital bed. Darrell Franklin, 39, of Aurora, is charged with one count each of aggravated battery to a person 60 or older and aggravated battery to a senior citizen.

One purported murder may have almost sparked another in a case that saw Aurora police charge a 39-year-old man with repeatedly stabbing a woman who shared a hospital room with one of his relatives.

Six days after a violent crash along the Reagan Tollway left her injured and trapped in a wrecked SUV, Beth Wallace was reunited with the young woman who came to her aid.

A Libertyville woman who was found not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol in 2008 has filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Lake County's "no-refusal weekend" program.

Buffalo Grove Trustee Lisa Stone is concerned about the size of the bill from the attorney hired as special counsel to the local electoral board hearing her challenge to the petition for her recall.

Two Glendale Heights police officers who were investigated for their role in an off-duty shooting at their Wayne home have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Filming of a movie based on some local urban mythology took over the Main Street Bridge over the Fox River in St. Charles Tuesday night.

A Round Lake Park man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he impersonated a police officer while wearing a loaded gun.

The storms that rocked the suburbs this summer wreaked havoc on many lives, including Bill Schauff. Beginning on June 4, the ComEd crew leader worked 16-hour shifts for all but one day that month to restore downed transmission towers in Streator and then replace 28 downed poles after a storm hit Des Plaines. But he took off the day he really needed - for his daughter's wedding on June 19.

A McHenry County man was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting today to accusations he poked holes in a 92-year-old Alzheimer patient's medication patch to get at its potent painkiller.

Though nearly 700 miles from the controversy over a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero, the topic that has grabbed national headlines in recent weeks was very much on the minds of 300 people breaking fast together at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines Tuesday.

City Councilman Kenn Miller on Wednesday became the first candidate to officially announce his candidacy for Naperville mayor.

Jason Senne doesn't dispute that he illegally parked overnight in Palatine, but the contents of the citation he received are an entirely different story.

Antioch firefighters battling a major blaze at Dublin O'Shea's Irish Pub on route 173 between 5th and 6th streets. The fire started at approximately 10:15 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Aurora Police are investigating the stabbing of a 78-year-old North Aurora woman at Provena-Mercy Hospital in the 1300 Block of N. Highland Avenue Tuesday evening. The victim was a patient at the hospital, police officials said in a news release Wednesday morning.