Pitcher Henry Gigeous threw a complete-game 6-hitter, Zac Camacho doubled and hit a 3-run home run and Dillon O’Toole doubled, hit a solo home run and drove in a pair to lead Jacobs to a 5-1 win over Crystal Lake South. The win was the fourth straig...

Amanda Montbriand held visiting Neuqua Valley to 1 earned run on 4 hits, struck out five and walked four in a 7-1 Upstate Eight Conference victory Tuesday. Lisa Matsie went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in 2 runs, and Nicole Beck doubled to lead B...

Cutting funding for child care will only make things worse for Illinois families and our economy. My mom has been a child care provider for 17 years and I just started helping her. The parents who use this program are seconds from losing their jobs....

Illinois lawmakers are on the verge of making disastrous cuts to vital human services that will undermine the success of children, youth and families. The heaviest cuts have already fallen on the most vulnerable at a time when the need is especially...

Suburban teachers and students addressed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s death in a variety of ways Monday. At Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Alan Wahlert’s freshman honors world history class discussed how the U.S. military carried...

The recently approved police contract for the eight Carpentersville sergeants includes a strong focus on physical fitness and incentives for not taking sick days. As part of the contract, any police officer hired after Sunday who subsequently becom...

Two Lake County men will be honored as good Samaritans for their role in rescuing a wheelchair-bound resident from a burning home in Barrington Thursday afternoon. Richard Duran of Wauconda and Jeffrey Henderson of Lake Zurich were traveling in sepa...