DENVER (AP) - Police stopped Elijah McClain on the street in suburban Denver last year after deeming the young Black man suspicious. He was thrown into a chokehold, threatened with a dog and stun gun, then subjected to another law enforcement tool b...

Elgin Area School District U-46 is preparing for the 2020-21 school year with new leaders stepping into top administrator roles. Some of these professionals have recently joined the district, or have been promoted from within U-46 to serve a new rol...

Aurora Central Catholic High School held a 15th annual bags tournament on Sunday, Aug. 16, to benefit the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. The tournament, in memory of late student-athlete Andrew "Dre" Heimann, included nine bags teams, down from 34 team...

When state Rep. Jonathan Carroll of Northbrook was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention earlier this year, he had no idea the event would be held remotely because of the COVID-19 crisis. Instead of gathering in Milwaukee this wee...

An interview with William H. Small Jr., president/CEO of Jazz Perspectives, Inc. in Aurora. Q: Tell us a little bit about the venue/business. A: Jazz Perspectives, Inc., is a talent management organization committed to providing quality Jazz, Blues...

It will take some time before we know the true sequence of events that led to the looting early Monday in downtown Chicago - whether the violence was sparked by a police shooting in Englewood, as has been claimed, or by something else entirely. What...

DURHAM, N.C. - Yonder, 11 weeks old and 15 pounds, had two choices. In a white-walled room at Duke University, the wiggly Labrador mix faced a neon green squeaky squid toy and an upturned bowl topped with a piece of kibble. "OK!" a researcher said p...

A dozen area women hung drywall and applied siding at two Aurora homes being constructed by Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity in a fourth annual, three-day Women's Build. The build was held Aug. 1, 6 and 8 at 423 Parker Ave. and 829-831 Grove St., bot...

Law enforcement experts, activists and academics are calling looting in and near downtown Chicago early Monday morning criminal acts that have nothing to do with protests against police violence and racism. "They're not protesters, they're criminals...