Benet, Warren and Fremd are the top three teams in this week’s Daily Herald boys basketball Top 20.

Santa Claus and the Grinch are usually polar opposites when it comes to the holidays, but the duo paired up for a good cause Sunday at the Triphahn Center Ice Arena in Hoffman Estates.

Boys basketball Addison Trail 72, Bartlett 52 Batavia 60, St. Charles North 44 Crystal Lake South 60, Belvidere North 36 Elk Grove 66, Streamwood 38 Geneva 47, Lake Park 42 Glenbard West 63, Proviso West 55 Grant 59, Antioch 52 Grayslake Centra ...

Ray Black and Tony Horton combined for 26 points and Schaumburg moved to 6-2 after its 50-40 home victory over Prospect on Saturday evening. However, it did not come without a little bit of drama. After leaping out to a 17-point halftime lead, the Sa...

Boys basketball Buffalo Grove 66, Elk Grove 41 Burlington Central 54, Crystal Lake South 53 Cary-Grove 53, Huntley 40 CICS Ellison 61, Westmont 56 Crystal Lake Central 60, Hampshire 48 DePaul Prep 67, St. Francis 22 Downers Grove South 71, Glenb...

Construction of 164 high-end townhouses and redevelopment of the commercial west side of Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates are expected to be done and ready for occupancy in late summer 2026.

Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education members censured their colleague Pete Dombrowski Thursday for sharing information about closed-session discussion that led to the firings of two Hoffman Estates High School teachers last month.

High school sports scores for Thursday, Dec. 11.

Make plans for variations of “The Nutcracker,” Tom Arnold at American Place Casino, Under the Streetlamp’s “Hip to the Holidays,” the International Gem and Jewelry Show in Rosemont, dining with Santa, Handel’s “Messiah” and more.

Boys basketball Burlington Central 78, Crystal Lake Central 51 Crystal Lake South 54, Huntley 49 Geneva 51, Wheaton Warrenville South 41 Glenbard North 75, St. Charles East 46 Grayslake Central 47, Round Lake 29 Libertyville 64, Stevenson 50 Pra...