Growing up in Aurora, Ady Rubio always wished she had a safe space where she could develop leadership skills or explore interests or meet teens from other schools. Those opportunities have been available the last several years through the Alive Cent...

On Monday, March 1, the Addison Public Library is joining 11 area libraries to host an online "Fireside Chat" with Dr. Eve L. Ewing at 6 p.m. She will share her perspectives on her work as a sociologist of education and the state of the world in 202...

Naper Settlement leaders are hoping to break ground this year on a set of new buildings aimed at modernizing the Naperville museum while still paying homage to the city's history. An Innovation Gateway, an Agricultural Interpretive Center and a Thre...

Northbrook's Nick Hardy and Arlington Heights' Doug Ghim are among the very best young golfers ever produced in the Chicago area. Ghim is a rookie on the PGA Tour and Hardy in his first season on the PGA's development circuit - the Korn Ferry Tour. ...

Aurora resident Mumba Kabemba, a student at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, has received a $1,500 scholarship from the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association. Dick Schindel of Aurora, association president and former East Aurora School...

Monday, Jan. 18, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This year, due to the pandemic, the civil rights leader will be remembered through online tributes and service opportunities and projects. Here is a sampling of suburban events. Elgin's MLK celebration...

Loaves & Fishes Community Services has acquired an Aurora warehouse that will help the nonprofit revamp its strategy for delivering food and services. The new 30,000-square-foot facility at 580 Exchange Court will serve as the organization's central...

An 18-year-old Aurora man who was shot late last year while in a car on the city's near east side has died from those wounds, Aurora police said. On Wednesday, the Cook County medical examiner's office reported Mario Palacios died Monday morning at ...

Suburban faith leaders will come together to host a virtual interfaith prayer service for World Peace Day at 2 p.m. Sunday. Eboo Patel, founder and president of the nonprofit Interfaith Youth Core, will deliver the keynote address. Patel is a noted ...

As the dawn of a new year approaches, I suspect that most of us will be glad to put 2020 in our rear view mirrors. I know I will. What began with an absurd television production about some guy who called himself "Tiger King" ended with an ongoing pa...