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...

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...