Upcoming events • Local poet Christopher Kuhl will read from her latest work in progress at Four Beans Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. Friday. The collection, tentatively titled "Sightings," features a variety of wide-ranging spiritual poems. Four Beans is at...

Wheaton Warrenville South's girls tennis team found out in dramatic fashion that every match counts, especially in a closely contested tournament like Saturday's Naperville North sectional. The Tigers needed a victory in a Friday play-in match to pu...

• Emma Stone and Christian Lynn, both of St. Charles, are among nine freshmen at Elgin Academy who have received merit scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year. Emma is the daughter of Jim and Christina Stone of St. Charles. Christian is the son o...

A St. Charles woman will be among four alumni to receive awards during Aurora University 2007 homecoming weekend Oct. 19-21. Alumni to be recognized are: • Ann Cunningham Sheets of Fort Worth, Texas, a 1977 George Williams College alumnus, who will ...

The best of the bunch 1. Naperville Central at Glenbard North: Two 4-3 DVC teams anxious to lock up a playoff spot. 2. Driscoll at Marian Central: A week after the Montini whuppin', Marian is visited by the unbeaten Highlanders. 3. Glenbard South at...

Railroad historian coming to museum Railroad historian Steve Hyett will lead a program titled "When Trolleys Rode the Prairie Path" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Villa Park Historical Museum, 220 S. Villa Ave. The slide show and lecture will commemorate t...

The Kane County Sheriff's Department is investigating a suspicious incident near Seavey and Bliss roads in Blackberry Township at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. Two girls, 14 and 15, were walking along the road when a man driving a car with no license plates ...

Gregory Thomas knows Aurora. The west-side resident grew up in town and started as a cadet with the city's police department in 1978. On Tuesday, the city council approved his appointment as Aurora's new deputy police chief. He'll begin his duties...