As development gobbles up farmland, fens and natural prairies across Illinois, a Westchester group is about to celebrate one of the remaining pristine areas in its own backyard.

The best seat in town Thursday  will be in the parking lot of Horton’s Home Furnishings in downtown La Grange.

A syndrome often gone unnoticed stole the life of a Westmont man. Now his family will hold a benefit to raise awareness and celebrate his life.

Allison Muth knew Friday was not going to be a typical workday when she left her Countryside house and ran into her landlord, who lives next door. 
 

Your bosses and co-workers can claim diet and exercise all they want. The truth is, that healthy glow might be the result of cosmetic enhancement.

Nearly seven months after the death of Dusti, an 11-year-old giraffe who died in January after becoming tangled in a rope, his offspring was born — and it’s a boy.

With music blasting, the Riverside gymnasium was packed with parents, faculty, students and Jesse White Tumblers showing off their skills in an attempt to motivate students for the new school year.

The Brookfield Zoo has a brand new giraffe calf. The baby boy was born to Franny last week and is currently on display.

The dated facade of a four-story office building will no longer obstruct the view of the Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital’s $80 million Patient Care Center.

With the growing season coming to an end, a Brookfield woman is hoping her garden sprouts change throughout her neighborhood.

Area residents looking to get a hair cut and do a good deed at the same time need look no further than Headquarters Hair Design, a Westchester salon that donates shed locks to make hairmats that help clean up oil spills.

When 17-year-old Tom Miller needed to create a service project for his Eagle Scout candidacy, he returned to Community Nurse Health Association, an all-volunteer organization offering health care to low income families where Miller volunteered during high school.  

After undergoing rare brain surgery to remove a life-threatening aneurysm, a Riverside resident is basking in good health.

Crofton Kelly, 11, has found a way to combine his love for tennis and a fervent desire to help others.

Even though the unemployment rate has reached the highest level in almost 15 years, leisure and hospitality industries are growing or at least stable in employment.