Glenbard South High School is scheduled to reopen this morning, a day after a small fire. Classes Thursday were canceled after the school lost power about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday due to what officials thought was a transformer failure. An auxiliary gen...

No one was hurt early this morning when a power outage at Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn indirectly led to a small fire, officials said. Classes for today were canceled after the school lost power about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday due to what offi...

Today The Naperville Jaycees' annual Last Fling celebration runs 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday in downtown with music, food, carnival rides, games and more. Also, a craft show runs 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today and Su...

Master gardeners to offer you tips DuPage County Master Gardeners from University of Illinois Extension DuPage in Naperville will answer gardening questions for free from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Roselle Public Library, 40 S. Park St., Roselle. Informat...

• The Goodman Theatre holds open auditions for children ages 5 to 17 for its 30th annual production of "A Christmas Carol" at 9 a.m. Sept. 8 at 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. A variety of roles are open, including Tiny Tim. Performers should memorize...

Jacobs (0-1) at Larkin (0-1) When: 7:30 p.m. today at Memorial Field Last week: Prairie Ridge 35, Jacobs 14; McHenry 66, Larkin 29 Outlook: This is the first meeting between these area football programs since the second round of the 1999 state pla...

Itasca School District 10 is seeking to fill the vacancy created by this week's resignation of board member James McCann. Qualified applicants must be at least 18, a resident of the school district for at least one year and a registered voter. Anyon...

So-called state "pork" will help Villa Park beef up patrols with a new police dog. The village will restart its canine unit, aided by $15,000 in state grant money. "You mean the 'pork money'," Village Manager Robert Niemann said when asked about th...

All schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago were open Tuesday after more than a dozen had been closed because of last week's storm. Most of the school closings occurred Friday, but one school, St. Zachary in Des Plaines, took the day off Monday as wel...

Addison Elementary District 4 honored 12 staff members for their years of service this month during the district's Institute Day Breakfast in Medinah. The honorees were: Laurie Witzke, Judy Rackl, Liz Struc, John Larkin, Jan, Behrens, Terry Sliva an...