Music to our ears: The three high schools in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 - Neuqua Valley, Waubonsie Valley and Metea Valley - long have been known for their excellent music programs, combining to win 16 Grammys over the years. A hearty br...

Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 will draw up plans for a Thomas Middle School addition that could cost between $12.6 million and $14.8 million. Citing growing enrollment at Thomas, Assistant Superintendent Stacey Mallek told the school boar...

April 29, 2016 Arlington Heights, IL - Earth Day has come and gone, but the energy of that day lives on at Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary and within the Olive-Mary Stitt community. Last Wednesday, April 20, a year of learning and preparation by the...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the sentencing of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (all times local): 7:35 p.m. On the day former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced to prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexual...

The annual Got2Run for Education run/walk, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, will take place on Saturday, May 21, in Arlington Heights. Since its inception in 2012, this popular community event has raised more than $75,000 for lo...

Arlington Heights, IL - Fifty Greenbrier Gators stormed downtown Arlington Heights Thursday, April 14, looking for work, and they found it. Twenty-two shops and businesses just south of the train tracks at Arlington Heights Road opened their doors a...

Color splash dash Runners are showered along a race route with vibrant dyes made from safe, food-grade, biodegradable cornstarch at the Wheaton Fun Run in Color 5K. See racers bloom in unique, brilliant color palettes by the time they cross the fin...

The Arlington Heights Council of PTAs and the ABC/25 Foundation held the Just Move It! run/walk for all ages and abilities Saturday morning to raise money for the Scholarship and Grant Fund. Last year, the event raised $15,000, drawing almost 800 pa...

Pop superstar Get ready for lots of pop and R&B stage spectacle when Grammy Award-winner Rihanna performs her “The Anti World Tour” at the United Center, 1901 Madison St., Chicago. $29.50-$150. (800) 745-3000 or unitedcenter.com. 7:30 p.m. Frid...

Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 officials hope a sale of two properties in Arlington Heights will fetch at least $4.8 million. The district is planning to sell its current administration building at 2123 S. Arlington Heights Road and the n...