May 02 2013 | 11:19 am
- Rebecca Anderson was enjoying dinner with her husband, Marty, when she saw it. Gazing out over the water from an outdoor table at Louie's Backyard Restaurant in Key West, Fla., the combination of the clouds and setting sun was producing a vivid...
Apr 26 2013 | 12:15 pm
- A former longtime superintendent in Lake Park High School District 108 is returning to the area to take the reins of Medinah Elementary District 11. John Butts, who resigned his Lake Park post in April 2010 after eight years with the district and...
Apr 04 2013 | 11:50 am
- In the early morning quiet at Grand Teton National Park, all Donna Sizemore could hear was the click-click of camera shutters. After taking all the pictures she wanted, Sizemore stepped back and discovered an entirely different image: the...
Mar 14 2013 | 2:42 pm
- Caroline Kennedy has a special place in her heart, and tummy, for Lou Malnati's pizza. She also really enjoys the reception she gets whenever she visits Naperville as part of a book tour. So it's no surprise that Kennedy will be making her fourth...
Mar 05 2013 | 7:06 pm
- No injuries were reported Tuesday when fire caused extensive damage to a one-story house near Glen Ellyn, Lt. Craig Eldridge of the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company said. Only one resident was home at the time, Eldridge said, and she escaped...
Feb 28 2013 | 12:41 pm
- Dori Eldridge is one of those people who always seems to be outside, no matter the season, toting her camera. "My neighbors think I'm a lunatic," the Naperville woman says, "because I'm always on my belly taking pictures of snowflakes or bugs." So...
Feb 05 2013 | 12:18 pm
- Striking teachers were walking picket lines in West Chicago Elementary District 33 with little immediate hope of a contract settlement. Even the end of Sunday's last-ditch bargaining session was shrouded in controversy. The school board said the...
Feb 04 2013 | 9:14 am
- Teachers will be walking picket lines and thousands of students will be locked out of classes Monday in West Chicago Elementary District 33 after the school board and teachers union failed to come to a contract agreement following nearly 11 hours at...
Jan 31 2013 | 12:24 pm
- Sometimes holiday presents come from the most unexpected places. That's how it was for Robert Wilson, who woke up Christmas morning, padded into the kitchen of his Glen Ellyn home for a cup of coffee, and happened to glance out the window toward a...
Feb 01 2013 | 6:25 pm
- Students and parents in West Chicago Elementary District 33 probably will have to wait until late Sunday to learn if their teachers will be in class Monday or walking a picket line. The teachers union and school board exchanged contract proposals...