CHAMPAIGN - Austin Macias was the known commodity for the Burlington Central wrestling program entering the season. But Nick Termini was equally capable for the Rockets as a returning all-state performer. Saturday night on the final day of the indiv...

The Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame has announced its six newest inductees. The Class of 2018 includes Sterling (Stu) Ainsworth, Bobbie Brown, Frank Catalano, William LaBaron, William Moulis, and LaVerne Newsome. The hall of fame was founded in 2001 ...

Students on the College of DuPage Robotics Team, an offshoot of the college's Engineering Club, are gaining crucial hands-on experience preparing for prestigious national robotics competitions this spring. Gearing up for the 30th annual Midwest Robo...

Wayside Cross Ministries' Walk a Mile in My Shoes benefit walk on Saturday, Feb. 10, was snowed out by Friday's winter storm. The 12th annual one-mile event was set for 9 a.m. from and back to First Presbyterian Church's Harkness Family Center in Au...

The news from Northern Illinois University on Feb. 14, 2008 traumatized many and shattered the families of five students killed in a classroom shooting. “To survive the first 10 minutes was a monumental task,” remembers Eric Mace, who with his wife...

The hometown boy more than symbolically framed the Montini wrestling road show Saturday night in Hinsdale. Mike McNicholas' pin to beat the first-period buzzer by one second anchored the seventh and final Class 3A individual sectional championship f...

Remarkable solo efforts from the Huntley duo of Sammy Spencer and Juan Quiroz, plus Cadin Koeppel of Cary-Grove would highlight a sensational final day at the Class 3A Barrington sectional for area wrestlers. Spencer (40-4) was simply dazzling on hi...

Seven suburban educators are among Golden Apple's 2018 finalists for its Excellence in Teaching and Stanley C. Golder Leadership awards. Jose M. Torres, president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora and former superintendent of...

Thad Tousana's second-to-none smile is the first thing people remember about the third-generation Batavia native. "When he walked into a room it just lit up," said Karl Maves, Tousana's co-captain on the 1985-86 Batavia basketball team and close fri...