Arlington goes the distance Mount Prospect's "American Idol" Lee DeWyze comes back home to headline Arlington International Racecourse's Furlong Fest. The weekend festival - which benefits the Autism Society of Illinois - features food, horse racing...

Country tour Country star Josh Turner ("Your Man," "Why Don't We Just Dance") performs this weekend at two suburban locations: first at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Waukegan Road, Waukegan. $33-$53. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com; then at North...

DuPage health officials: 2 cases of MRSA found at Naperville Central The DuPage County Health Department is investigating multiple cases of MRSA, a type of staph infection, at Naperville Central High School, according to ABC 7. School officials...

Students at Patton Elementary School in Arlington Heights are joining their family members and school staff on a reading adventure this fall, through Patton's first One Book, Once School program. The book, "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown, has been d...

Metal man Take what innuendo you will from the title of the rocking concert "Spend the Night With Alice Cooper." The famed metal music provocateur performs Thursday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $43-$83. (847) 263-6300 or gen...

This weekend Long Grove Apple Fest: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Old McHenry and Robert Parker Coffin roads, Long Grove. Live music on the main stage, includin...

Beats, treats at Apple Fest Long Grove's Apple Fest - this weekend's autumn celebration of all things apple - comes with a side order of music. And local music, at that! Headliners Sixteen Candles (9 p.m. Friday), 7th heaven (9 p.m. Saturday) ...

Stage and screen legend Plenty of songs and scintillating old Hollywood anecdotes are promised in "An Afternoon with Rita Moreno." Moreno, whose career stretches back to the 1940s, is one of the few entertainers to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar an...

The Gail Borden Public Library District is increasing its spending for e-books but overall holding the line on expenses, even with a new library branch that opened in South Elgin. The library board this week approved a $12,913,000 operating budget -...