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The Athletes Unlimited women’s softball league has made the stadium at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont its home since 2020. Officials announced a five-year lease extension this week.

Amid growing popularity of women’s sports, Rosemont extends deal with pro softball league

An innovative women’s professional softball league that launched in Rosemont at the height of the pandemic is putting down deeper roots at the village-owned softball stad...

The Rev. Michael Ahlstrom

Retired pastor of Rolling Meadow parish dies at 82

The Rev. Michael P. Ahlstrom, who served more than a decade as pastor of St. Colette Parish in Rolling Meadows, died Friday at the age of 82, the Archdiocese of Chicago a...

Girls soccer: Barrington runs MSL Cup streak to 12 by topping Hersey

Barrington’s girls soccer team won the MSL for the 16th time after defeating visiting Hersey 3-1 Wednesday night. The win marked Barrington’s 12th consecutive title -- a ...

Retiring Central High boys track coach Mike Schmidt, right, pictured with his son, Zac, at the 2019 Boys Track & Field State Finals in Charleston. Entering this season, Zac Schmidt was among 72 boys who have earned all-state honors in relays or individual events in Mike Schmidt’s 29 seasons as Rockets head coach.

Retiring Schmidt led Burlington Central programs with care for 33 years

As they go through their careers, high school teachers and coaches learn things right along with their student-athletes. “I think I learned the same thing as a track coac...

Angel Reese attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Get used to it, Reese steals spotlight at Sky media day

There were plenty of storylines to discuss at Sky media day, but no one works a microphone quite like rookie Angel Reese.

Debris from an overturned dump truck covers the road as authorities investigate a fatal crash Wednesday morning at Fairfield and Chardon roads in Lake County near Wauconda.

Two women killed in dump truck crash identified

Two women killed in a crash near Wauconda Wednesday that caused a dump truck to tip over have been identified by the Lake County coroner. Carmen Zeron, 48, of Waukegan, w...

Two double-sided billboards next to an auto repair shop on Rand Road in Arlington Heights must be torn down in the next five years, village board members decided this week. Besides the Bears’ digital sign at Arlington Park, these billboards are the only ones left in town.

Last billboards in Arlington Heights — other than one owned by Bears — to come down

With approvals due to expire next month for the Bears’ revenue-generating billboard at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights village board members this week told a small-busi...

On Mother’s Day, mom can get a free Rainbow Cone with any $5 purchase at The Original Rainbow Cone.

Dining Out: The clock’s ticking on Mother’s Day, Aurora Taco Crawl, Meet the Winemaker and more

Hope you made plans for Mother’s Day, but if you didn’t we have a couple of ideas that don’t involve making a reservation. We’ve also got a few fun events this weekend at local craft breweries and a chance to eat tacos for a good cause.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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