A former East Aurora High School student was in a Kane County juvenile courtroom on Wednesday, accused of posting Internet statements referencing the slayings at Northern Illinois University, authorities said. The 15-year-old Aurora boy is charged w...

After weeks of testimony, a DuPage County jury is expected to begin its deliberations late this afternoon in the quadruple murder trial of Eric C. Hanson of Naperville. Hanson, 31, is accused of murdering his parents, sister and brother-in-law in Se...

• Waubonsee Community College President Christine J. Sobek has been invited to participate in "Establishing Statewide Articulation Agreements," a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education. The m...

G.C. Cameron, an R&B singer and a former lead singer with The Spinners and The Temptations, will speak and perform Wednesday as part of Elgin Community College's celebration of Black History Month. Cameron will be feted at a meet and greet from 10 t...

Beth Cooney and Brittney Ginter sat in NIU's Village Commons Bookstore Monday afternoon tying one red-and-black memorial ribbon after another. The sophomores, each clad in jeans and black NIU sweatshirts, were trying to go through the motions of ano...

Paul Hemmer Cos., an Aurora-based real estate development, construction and building services firm, hired veteran broker Bill Fleener of Downers Grove as a senior sales and leasing manager to serve as the firm's managing broker. Jonathan D. Salk of ...

Fox Valley Park District is offering students at Northern Illinois University free use of its three fitness centers until their campus reopens. Amy Roth, public relations manager, said several park employees have children or relatives attending NIU...

A factory worker pleaded not guilty Thursday in the death of his ex-girlfriend, who was found stabbed to death in her Aurora apartment. Hezekiah Hamilton, 24, is charged with murder and other offenses in the Oct. 30, 2007, slaying of Brenetta Beck, ...