Here are a few of the local initiatives and people trying to stave off residents’ hunger for a better food system.

On the first day of school most kindergartners anticipate the moment they can become a passenger on the big yellow school bus just like their favorite book and cartoon, “The Magic School Bus.” ...

Plans for extended park and ride hours, cleaner and greener streets, more homes being built and investment in care for adults ...

World Cancer Day 2025 is a global movement to raise awareness, promote early detection, and support those affected by cancer.

A day care provider is accused of making a child stand in an alley in freezing temperatures as punishment, Illinois police said. Police received a report Jan. 13 about an incident involving a 4 ...

A man posing as a child care worker ... was waiting for the bus. Thompson then told the 15-year-old girl that he “worked for Child Services and offered the victim a ride home,” police said.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) - A 5-year-old girl is recovering after her mother found her on a bus, where she was left alone by her day care. “She could have died. She could have died today. She ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) - A 5-year-old girl is recovering after her mother found her on a bus, where she was left alone by her day care. “She could have died. She could have died today.