Pet supplies for animals waiting for a home are being collected through Nov. 20 by the Fox Valley Park District and Fox Valley Animal Welfare League. Needed items include dog collars (no choke chains), bleach, paper towels, liquid hand sanitizer, te...

St. Charles Unit District 303 officials are exploring the idea of moving both East and North high schools' graduations to a Hoffman Estates arena. The district recently notified parents of the possibility in a letter and has met with students, paren...

Jim Whitesell anticipated making the grunts speech for quite some time. It was why he named guard J.R. Blount a co-captain as a sophomore. It was why he made defense such a priority last season, when Loyola won 21 games. Whitesell knew that once sta...

The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association elected Arlington Heights resident Matt Synnestvedt of Synnestvedt & Associates, Northbrook, president of its board of directors. Joining the board are: Steve Brodt, Western DuPage Landscaping, Napervil...

Lutheran T. Paul Matacio is leading the seminar "The Revelation Revolution" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Hosanna Lutheran Church, Red Gate Road and Randall Road in St. Charles. According to Matacio, the seminar is a "fresh, frank and compelling e...

Police on Friday officially classified a man they have held since Wednesday as a suspect in the murder of a 25-year-old Aurora woman. Brenetta Beck was found stabbed to death in her east-side apartment early Tuesday. Her two young children, ages 16 ...

Top-seeded Aurora University (18-2-1, 12-0) took a tight Northern Athletics Conference women's soccer semifinal 2-1 over the Concordia (Wis.) Falcons on Thursday. Jessica Novickas scored her 18th goal on an assist from Katie Powell. Alex Contreras ...

The 12.5-mile southern extension of I-355, named the Veterans Memorial Tollway, will be open to morning commuters on Nov. 12, tollway officials said Thursday. The new road links the tollway from I-55 to I-80, from Bolingbrook to New Lenox in Will C...

The war is still going on, and I can't stop watching. No, not that war. I'm talking about "The War." When PBS first aired Ken Burns' magnificent seven-part television series on World War II, I was hooked from the beginning. I watched it through the ...