In the two years since he was chosen to attend the John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School in Aurora, fifth-grader Dylan Shields has felt more challenged, more engaged, more confident than in any other educational environment. His mom, Angela, has no...

During more than four decades as an attorney, Gary V. Johnson of St. Charles has compiled a rare legal trifecta. As Kane County state's attorney, he sent people to prison. As a defense attorney, he saved a man falsely accused of one of the suburbs' ...

Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her. She is one of the many victims of a surge i...

Vocalist and keyboardist John Douglas of North Aurora has joined Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora as worship director. Prior to joining Flowing Forth, Johnson directed music for area churches. The native of Sioux Falls, S.D., began mu...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man who fatally shot six people at a Colorado birthday party before killing himself was upset after not being invited to the weekend gathering thrown by his girlfriend's family, police said Tuesday, calling the shoot...

The John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School in Aurora is slated to shut down at the end of next academic year, its governing board decided Tuesday in a devastating blow to parents and students who have been fighting to keep the program alive. Superin...

DENVER (AP) - A shooting at a birthday party inside a trailer park home in Colorado Springs that killed six people before the gunman took his own life stunned a state weary of gun violence just weeks after another Colorado mass shooting killed 10 pe...

Streamwood sophomore Natalia Colin scored two more goals Wednesday against Glenbard East, continuing her blistering start to the season. Colin, who also plays for the U.S. and Mexican national teams, now has 12 goals for the Sabres who are 3-2-1. Sh...

Gardeners can get the growing season off to a good start with upcoming plant sales featuring perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants. It is also a good way to support local nonprofit organizations. Arlington Heights • The Arlington Heights...