NORMAL - Not even the most storied girls volleyball program in state history could derail the Metea Valley express on the campus of Illinois State University Saturday night. Mother McAuley has more state championships (15) than the Aurora high schoo...

NORMAL — The Metea Valley girls volleyball team is simply impervious to pressure at the end of a first-set postseason match. Yet again on Friday night at Illinois State University in the final semifinal of the Class 4A state tournament, the collecti...

Last spring, Alyssa Worden made the difficult decision of bypassing her sophomore high school volleyball season at South Elgin to play club. "It was one of the best decisions I've ever made," said Worden, who got the opportunity to play up for the ...

SPRINGFIELD - Plaintiffs in three lawsuits challenging the new legislative district maps that Democrats pushed through the General Assembly earlier this year have submitted their proposed changes, which would create more Latino- and Black-majority d...

It's hard to believe what all Metea Valley junior Kira Hutson has accomplished this fall. And the crazy thing is she and her Mustangs volleyball teammates may just add the ultimate cherry on top of their sundae at this weekend's state volleyball cha...

Sparkle through solstice Thousands of twinkling lights light up the Chicago Botanic Garden's Lightscape, the after-dark illuminated trail that returns starting Friday at 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. $26-$28; $14-$15 kids; $2 extra for a day-of visi...

A recent surge in bullying targeting suburban Muslim students has prompted the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization to launch a major anti-bullying initiative. Among the cases cited was that of Lisle High School sophomore Z...

Update: Due to a forecast of rain and high winds, the Aurora Veterans Day Parade has been canceled and the ceremony has been moved indoors, with an 11 a.m. start time. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. at city hall, 44 E. Downer Place. Priority seating will ...

Palatine Rural Fire Protection District is pleased to announce the hiring of Richard Kurka as the district's new fire chief. Chief Kurka was sworn in at the regular meeting of the board of trustees on Nov. 8. Chief Kurka will be the fourth fire chie...