Glenbard East High School's junior varsity football team was expecting to host St. Charles East High School for an early-season game when bad news arrived. St. Charles East didn't have enough players for the JV game scheduled in Lombard that Saturda...

Since first grade, 14-year-old Henry Wagner has spent autumn afternoons practicing and playing football. This year, the Naperville teen traded in his helmet and shoulder pads for running shoes and shorts. “The day before school registration he told ...

Standup guy Comedian John Heffron, a past winner of “Last Comic Standing,” returns for another standup engagement at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $22 plus a two-item purchase. (847) 240-2001 or chicago.improv.com. 8 and ...

Violent crime is up both in Illinois and across the nation, according to the most recent statistics from the FBI. But after crunching the data for 80 communities in the Daily Herald's coverage area, we found that the suburbs are bucking the trend. A...

Boston artist Nathalie Miebach will perform "Weather Scores," original pieces for piano, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at Aurora University's Tapper recital hall, 1315 Prairie St. in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. The...

Chart toppers Spend "An Evening With Alison Krauss and David Gray" to hear hit songs like "Baby Mine," "Stay," "Babylon" and more at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $37.50-$73. (800) 745-3000 or rosemonttheatre.com. 7:30 p.m. Thu...

Naperville attorney Sadia Covert helped co-write an update to Illinois hate crimes law, and she hopes the experience won't be her last in the political arena. Covert, 34, said she plans to run for DuPage County Board representing District 5 to cont...

Joe Kennedy stands, and then crouches, at the intersection of Naperville civic and football traditions. When the Naperville Central senior center straddles the ball Friday in the annual "Wes Spencer Cross Town Classic" against Naperville North at No...