Elgin Community College will give tours to prospective students from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Tours begin in the college's Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. For details, call (847) 214-7385 or visit elgin.edu/visitecc...

Covenant of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, which meets in Batavia, is offering a nature camp this summer in conjunction with Union Congregation Church in North Aurora. "Terrific Trees" is for children ages 5 to 11 and meets from 9 a.m. to noon ...

Lucas Morrow, 16, of Carol Stream has completed his Eagle Scout project by organizing members of his Boy Scout Troop 98 to help him record and create CDs of storybooks for the guided classroom of special education students at Elsie Johnson School i...

Finishing play 7-0 at the Lightning Summer Bash held at the Elgin Sports Complex, the Illinois Alleycats captured a second consecutive championship title. Six straight wins vaulted the Alleycats (16-1-2) against the South Side Shockers for the crown...

The West Chicago City Council has approved final plans for Northern Illinois University to build a $159 million proton cancer therapy center in the city's DuPage National Technology Park. University officials from the DeKalb school will join state a...

So you've got fireworks and a parade on your docket for July 4. Why not add a concert? Elgin's Downtown Neighborhood Association will host "Honest Abe's Rockin' Blues Concert" at the city hall parking lot, 150 Dexter Court, immediately following the...

The International Triathlon Union World Championships took place last week in Vancouver, Canada, and the Multisport Madness Triathlon Team, comprised primarily of athletes from the Fox Valley, not only competed but ended up with many athletes on the...

American Cancer Society is partnering with the Chicago Bandits Women's Professional Softball Team to educate the community on breast cancer, recognize breast cancer survivors and raise money for breast cancer research, educational programs and patie...

SPRINGFIELD -- A recently approved state budget deal would spend added millions on education, colleges and an array of other government services. But the final deal is also upward of $2 billion in the red and somebody -- most likely Gov. Rod Blagoje...