A large party played out Sunday at St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly in Palatine. Nearly 100 people filled the first floor party room, ready to cheer when the guest of honor arrived. Sure enough, when Margaret Iosso made her entrance, the crowd erupted in cheers....

The refresh of Kids' World -- inside the Arlington Heights Memorial Library -- opened Monday to the oohs and ahs of hundreds of youngsters and their families.. Among the highlights were the new Everbrite wall -- think a life-sized version of the classic Lite Brite...

Rebecca Darr vividly remembers the first day she walked into the Northwest suburban office of the WINGS Program. In a LinkedIn post this week she described WINGS as "a tiny organization with a huge task in front of us, to end domestic violence one family at a time."...

What started out as a response to children in need during the pandemic has turned into a fulltime passion for Yeulanda Degala of Arlington Heights, and her efforts have not gone unnoticed. At Shelter, Inc.'s major gala last month, the organization bestowed Degala and...

It was at a dinner at Salsa 17 in downtown Arlington Heights, that Nichole Waltz, Mildred Palmer and Susan Dawson finalized the name of their newly created, all-women law firm. Pulling names out of a sombrero, they pulled Waltz's first, leading to the creation of...

Nearly 100,000 guests are expected to see the holiday decorations at the White House this year, with its child-centered theme, Magic, Wonder and Joy. One of the first images they are sure to see is Santa's sleigh and reindeer suspended above them in the Grand Foyer....

Jonathon Roberts came in at just over 17 minutes on Dec. 2 at the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights' 16th annual Santa Run, overtaking the hustling members of the Prospect High School boys' cross country team. "The weather, the energy at the start and all the people...

Just days after Cole Kmet helped out in all areas of the offense, in the Bears' win against the Vikings, it turns out he brings all sort of gifts to the team, including his interest in meeting -- and promoting -- special athletes. Earlier this month, Kmet was named as...

Members of Hersey High School's basketball team showed up Monday at Willow Creek's Care Center in South Barrington, with a whopping five pallets of food for its food pantry. And that was just one of six local food pantries that received food collected by Hersey High...

Steve Connell of Crystal Lake looks and sounds the part of the iconic Ebenezer Scrooge, in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. And why not? Connell has played Scrooge since 1996 at theaters throughout the Chicago area, but he does not take the role lightly. The...