Interfaith Martin Forward of Aurora, executive director of Aurora University's Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action, will sign his latest book, "The Name and Nature of Love: Religion for the Contemporary World," at 10 a.m. April 12 in Lowry Chapel ...

Longwood Elementary School in Naperville was locked down briefly Thursday as Naperville police and DuPage County sheriff's deputies investigated a person in the area with what turned out to be an air/pellet rifle, according to an e-mail the school s...

Adam Harris, the former Wheaton North track star now sprinting at Michigan, figured he'd succeed at a national level. At the NCAA Division I Indoor Championship finals Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., the junior placed fourth in the 60-meter dash. Hi...

Local area students who received recognition from their respective colleges include: • Amanda Mirabella of Elgin has been named to the University of Findlay, Ohio dean's list for fall 2007 semester. Mirabella's major is pre-veterinary medicine. • Jo...

A 15-year-old ex-student at East Aurora High School will serve a year on probation for posting Internet statements that referenced the shooting deaths at Northern Illinois University. The boy pleaded guilty at a hearing Monday in Kane County juvenil...

INDIANAPOLIS -- For better and worse, Bruce Weber is rewriting the record books in his five years as Illinois coach. In 2005, Weber's Illini won 37 games to set a school record -- and tie the all-time NCAA mark. At the time, Weber talked about using...

Special schools meeting The Geneva Community Unit District 304 school board will hold a special meeting at 6 tonight at the administration center, 227 N. Fourth St., Geneva. The board is scheduled to discuss policies regarding board-superintendent ...