Superintendent Dr. Jeff Craig and West Aurora Unit District 129’s board of education recently announced the appointment of two new executive directors. The appointments were approved during the regular board meeting on Jan. 8, 2024. The first appoint...

The DuPage County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Committee’s inaugural MLK Breakfast will be held Jan. 15 at The Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace. It’s the culmination of a series of MLK events held throughout 2023 to promote King's vision of unit...

They’re high school students. They’re in top physical condition. They have got all sorts of energy. They’ll need it. After a slew of holiday basketball tournaments offering games that began in mid-December and concluded Wednesday with the girls of W...

After an ethics scandal and administrative turnover at the central office, Northwest Suburban High School District 214 has a new director of operations who will be tasked with helping oversee a massive capital improvement plan in the coming years. An...

Noelia Sanchez was born in the rolling farmlands of southwest Missouri, where her Mexican parents worked as seasonal farmworkers in the 1950s. When she was 1, Noelia and her mother, Aurora, who had no work documents, were rounded up with dozens of ot...

In the past year, there have been many triumphs to celebrate, milestones to mark, as well as challenges to overcome for members of our diverse suburban mosaic. In 2023, we wrote stories about trailblazers, changes to state laws affecting minorities, ...

Hope everyone enjoys a happy and prosperous 2024. Now, on to our College Achievers... Haley Holz (Palatine), a senior outside hitter for the New York University women’s volleyball team, earned her second straight first-team Division III All-Amer...

In 2023, scores of teens mourned classmates killed in horrific car crashes. Some iconic suburban buildings met the wrecking ball. And controversies swirled around the elimination of cash bail, the ouster of a popular principal and a high school's pla...

On Dec. 13, The Sporting News named Minnesota fifth-year defensive back Tyler Nubin (St. Charles North) a first-team All-American. Also a consensus first-team Big Ten selection this season, entering the Dec. 26 Quick Lane Bowl against Bowling Green, ...

A decade ago the additions of Metamora and Downers Grove North to York’s Jack Tosh Holiday Classic would not have merited much reaction beyond a few curious shoulder shrugs from even the most ardent high school basketball fans. Metamora and Downers G...