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PHD Counseling Center Needs Help With Matching Challenge Opportunity

By Society for the Preservation of Human Dignity | Thursday at 3:26 p.m.

Society for the Preservation of Human Dignity (PHD), located in Inverness, received a special gift from an anonymous donor the evening of the agency's gala … Read more ›

The first photo of Sen. Mark Kirk was released Tuesday, three months after the Illinois Republican suffered a stroke. (Handout) (Office of Sen. Mark Kirk / April 24, 2012)

First photo of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk since stroke is released

April 24 at 11:27 a.m.

More than three months after he suffered a large stroke, Sen. Mark Kirk was shown in a photo released today by the Rehabilitation Institute of … Read more ›

Kim and Khloe Kardashian blow kisses to the crowd at Sears April 20. (Heather Leszczewicz/TribLocal)

Kim and Khloe Kardashian come to town

By Heather Leszczewicz | April 20 at 8:35 p.m.

It was a madhouse at the Woodfield Mall Sears April 20 when reality TV stars Kim and Khloe Kardashian, along with their mother Kris Jenner, … Read more ›

Employees of Preferred Hair Salon in Schaumburg honor stylist Jose Moran at a ceremony at the Hoffman Estates Police Department Wednesday. Moran, seated with 82-year-old Joan Ludovice, is being credited with helping save the woman's life after she suffered a series of small strokes. (Jim Jaworski/Tribune)

Hero hair stylist honored with key to Hoffman Estates

By Jim Jaworski | April 11 at 3:13 p.m.

Jose Moran doesn’t consider himself a hero, but the Hoffman Estates Police Department sure does. Moran, a 50-year-old Schaumburg resident, was honored in a ceremony … Read more ›

Jose Moran, a stylist at Preferred Hair Salon in Schaumburg, is being credited with saving his 82-year-old client who fell in her Hoffman Estates home. (Jim Jaworski/Tribune)

Hair stylist’s concern for client helps save 82-year-old woman

By Jim Jaworski | April 9 at 12:47 p.m.

For about 20 years, Jose Moran, a stylist at Preferred Hair Salon in Schaumburg, has styled 82-year-old Joan Ludovice’s hair every week. She rarely missed … Read more ›

Jennifer Snyder, left, and Linda Borchew with their son, Dagan Reid Borchew, at their home in Hoffman Estates. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune / February 26, 2012)

Lesbian couple find joy, frustration on path to parenthood

March 13 at 12:20 p.m.

At first glance, Jennifer Snyder and Linda Borchew could not have been more different. Borchew grew up in Des Plaines and is Jewish. Snyder was … Read more ›

Mike Iaconelli with two big tournament bass. Photo by BASS and Rob Russow

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Is it Ike’s turn?

By Don Dziedzina | Feb. 19 at 10:03 a.m.

After a year of fishing in a variety of tournaments across the nation, 49 of the best anglers will finally compete in the 2012 Bassmaster … Read more ›

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Ali Hussain of Hoffman Estates Wins Top Honors for Sales and Customer Service at Verizon Wireless’ National President’s Cabinet

By Rebecca Eckhart | Feb. 17 at 2:21 p.m.

Verizon Wireless has named Ali Hussain, Retail Sales Representative in Lake Zurich, Ill., to the company’s prestigious President’s Cabinet. The honor is reserved for those … Read more ›

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General Motors Seeks to Reward Local Heroes from Illinois

By Holly Connor | Feb. 6 at 1:41 p.m.

Now in its second year, General Motors once again wants to honor, recognize and reward local Illinois heroes with the Our Town, Our Heroes program. … Read more ›