The PGA Tour's top stars generally sit out the fall tournaments after the FedEx Cup Playoffs. That's been the case this season, even though the Masters remains — rescheduled from April to Nov. 12 to 15 because of the pandemic. Doug Ghim, the PGA Tou...

As temperatures drop, public health experts are strategizing the latest COVID-19 logistical issue — how to maintain a strong testing program through a Midwestern winter. The state is nearing a milestone with 5.9 million virus tests performed so far,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Racism trips up Black police candidates at the very start of the application process and later as they seek promotion, complicating efforts to make law enforcement agencies more diverse, experts, officers and Black police assoc...

Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, in partnership with Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation, awarded over $3 million in grants to 36 Illinois Federally Qualified Health Centers and other public health clinics that deliver vital health care se...

Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of Delta Dental of Illinois, awarded more than $255,000 to 16 nonprofit and community organizations through its community grants program. These organizations work to improve children'...

The North Aurora Police Department has announced a new program that would provide a social worker to help aid police officers in responding to calls, according to a press release. The initiative is an expansion of the six-year partnership between th...

Cook County's second annual Racial Equity Week begins Monday and runs through Friday, offering a series of interactive virtual events with community leaders, experts, artists and the public. Its focus is educating the public about racial equity, wh...

Two of Chicago's premier jazz artists, singer Spider Saloff and pianist Jeremy Kahn, team up to perform "The Cool Heat of Peggy Lee," at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the historic Baker Community Center, 101 S. Second St. in downtown St. Charles. Pro...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? When you look at a glass of water filled to the halfway point, do you see it as half full of half empty? One of just four Illinois High School Association sports (along with golf, cross country and girls swimmin...

Debra Bree was passionate about protecting the children of Kane County, and prosecuting those who hurt them. She spent most of her 20 years as a Kane County prosecutor doing so, with stints as the first chair of the juvenile division, then as lead p...