CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — As Cheyne Dougan rounded the corner at Clarksville High School, he saw three students on the floor moaning and crying. In a split-second, two more ran out of a nearby classroom. “He’s got a gun,” one of them shouted as Dougan app...

Full disclosure: I never would have guessed. I've read every book J.K. Rowling has published, some of them several times over. OK, all of them several times over. And still, I doubt I would have picked up on anything that would have made me think th...

LOS ANGELES — Universal’s minions ran away with the box office for the second week in a row. With $44.8 million in domestic ticket sales Friday through Sunday, the animated sequel “Despicable Me 2” outdid the debuts of the Adam Sandler comedy “Grown...

Judges wowed by finalists in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent competition Southern-flavored rock 'n' roll, jazz piano and beatboxing were among the talents on display Sunday night at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. The ...

Elmhurst woman crowned Miss Illinois Brittany Smith of Elmhurst now has “people.” She'll need them to manage more than 300 planned appearances between now and next June. Smith was crowned Miss Illinois Saturday night, accepting the bejeweled he...

Energized by recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, massive rainbow-covered crowds gathered Sunday for Chicago's annual Pride Parade with attendees, advocates and politicians vowing to continue the fight for gay marriage in Illinois. Chicago police esti...

The Rev. Andrew Greeley was, it seems, always writing. At home on a typewriter, later on a computer, then on a plane with a laptop and even in his car dictating into a tape recorder as he drove. By the time he finished, the outspoken Roman Catholic ...

Big-top fun See acrobats, clowns, contortionists and more when the Piccadilly Circus arrives this weekend at the DuPage County Expo Center, 4050 E. Main St., St. Charles. (630) 443-7158 or thefuncircus.com. 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Ma...

MOORE, Okla. — One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed “The Wall” because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at ...

Kick off to summer Starting off his Two Lanes of Freedom tour, country music star Tim McGraw headlines the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, 19100 Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park, this weekend. $30.24-$70. For ticket information, visit ticketmaster....