Aurora University biologist and veterinarian Jane Davis will discuss "Animal Tales: Storytelling Animals in the Americas" at noon Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Schingoethe Center museum, 1315 Prairie St. in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and ...

“Where were you when the world stopped turning?” The titular lyrics of country singer Alan Jackson's emotional ballad, released in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks serve as the foundation around which this year's remembrance ceremon...

A colorful collection of ethnic costumes from the Ballet Folklorico Huehuecoyotl is on display in the main rotunda of Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin this month. The no-touch, bilingual exhibit is part of the library's Hispanic Heritage Month ce...

Twenty-two more suburban schools reported COVID-19 outbreaks this week, nearly three times as many as a week ago. That's according to Illinois Department of Public Health records that show school outbreaks statewide grew from 26 schools in 14 counti...

Bail was set at $4 million Friday for a 20-year-old Bellwood man accused of fatally shooting an Aurora teenager Sunday in Naperville in a dispute during a gun sale. Robert Chatman-Jones, of the 300 block of 24th Street, appeared before DuPage County...

A Bellwood man and an Aurora woman have been charged with first-degree murder, accused of a shooting Sunday on Naperville's northwest side that killed an Aurora teenager and injured another. Robert Chatman-Jones, 21, of the 300 block of 24th Street ...

DENVER (AP) - Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative in a fatal...

The idea had germinated in the mind of Al Edgecombe for more than a decade. "I was driving by with my (Proviso West) high school cross country coach and said to him, "This property would make for a good cross country course," Edgecombe said. The pro...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, COVID-19 va...