The Illinois State Bar Association, ISBA, awarded Wheaton resident Joseph R. Fortunato Jr., its 2008 Board of Governors Award. Fortunato, whose law practice, Fortunato, Farrell, Davenport & Arnold Ltd., is in Westmont, was honored for significant se...

Greenman Elementary School in Aurora has a new principal. The West Aurora school board has appointed Kristine Webster to the post. She has been a fifth-grade teacher in Batavia since 2000, most recently at Louise White Elementary, and has a doctorat...

"We're a small church with a big heart," says Jody Wendt of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in St. Charles. "This is a huge outreach for us." St. Mark's will host a live simulcast of Christian speaker and author Beth Moore from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 1 and fro...

•Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Brett Liggett, son of Laura J. Kohlmann of North Aurora, and Jeff L. Liggett of Jupiter, Fla., recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J. During the eight-week training prog...

Eleven-year-old Madison Davenport, who plays alongside Abigail Breslin in the new movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" will meet with fans from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. today and Thursday at the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema, 1001 W. 75th St., Woodridge. C...

Nine Aurora University students will attend the 40th annual National Council LaRaza (NCLR) conference July 11-15 in San Diego, Calif. The conference is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S. More than 20,00...

The New Orleans Hornets traded away their only pick in the 2008 NBA Draft on Thursday night. But that doesn't mean the Hornets weren't in the market to add rookies to their organization. Before the draft even concluded, former Illinois center Shaun ...

The average teacher in Illinois received an average ACT score and went to an average college, a report on teacher quality released Wednesday by the Illinois Education Research Council found. And while the report found that teachers with better acade...

Weekly cruise nights featuring hot rods and vintage vehicles are planned through September in Campton Hills. The events take place from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday at Campton Crossings shopping center along Route 64. Cruise nights also include '50s and...