Markus Cocroft didn’t pass a torch that day four years ago in Pontiac. Only a basketball. But the time would come, and soon, for Juwan Starks to become the face of the West Aurora Blackhawks. West Aurora coach Gordie Kerkman recalled a game in Stark...

Kenny Obendorf's Metea Valley teammates gave him a nickname. He doesn't like it much. “We jokingly call him ‘Superstar' because we know he'd never say that about himself and would never want that persona,” said Mustangs guard Ryan Solomon, who's kn...

Markus Cocroft didn't pass a torch that day four years ago in Pontiac. Only a basketball. But the time would come, and soon, for Juwan Starks to become the face of the West Aurora Blackhawks. West Aurora coach Gordie Kerkman recalled a game in Stark...

Kenny Obendorf's Metea Valley teammates gave him a nickname. He doesn't like it much. "We jokingly call him 'Superstar' because we know he'd never say that about himself and would never want that persona," said Mustangs guard Ryan Solomon, who's kn...

A snowstorm predicted for Thursday afternoon and evening may not have materialized when expected, but it eventually showed up, and it sure packed a punch in northern Lake and McHenry counties. The first wave of the suburban storm materialized farth...

Bail was set at $1 million Thursday for a Rosemont woman accused of setting fire to a Woodridge apartment building early Monday as dozens of residents slept. Maria Bustamante, 29, of the 2800 block of Irving Park Road, appeared in DuPage County bon...

Person shot by off-duty police officer in Fermilab parking lot in Batavia. Man in critical condition after falling through a Johnsburg pond while skating. A bank is robbed inside Schaumburg grocery store. Rosemont job fair to fill hundreds of positions. Blackhawks win third game in a row.

One candidate has been in elected office since the late 1980s. The other is a political newcomer, yet has managed to rack up major endorsements from the local Republican establishment. The GOP primary election for the newly drawn ">46th House Di...

One of the four Democratic candidates for the 10th Congressional District seat has only voted twice since registering in Lake County in 2006, a review of public records showed. Long Grove resident John Tree voted in the 2008 and 2010 general electio...