Lillie P. Thoms worked with students at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates for 13 years, but not in a classroom. The busy corridors and cafeteria were her classrooms, where students often sought her out as a friendly face and an open ear. Mrs. Th...

Hello there: I'm the new reporter for Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights. Steve Zalusky, who used to cover the towns, recently took a job at the American Library Association in Chicago. I have been covering Elk Grove Village for the p...

Whether you're a parent searching for a fun activity for your small child, or a teen or adult looking for a thrill, there should be plenty of activities in the Tri-Cities area this Halloween season. Here is a look: Family fun Schneider Fall Festival...

A St. Charles man arrested Oct. 10 on charges he possessed child pornography has been fired from his job at a Hanover Park gym. Vernor Gumila, 38, coached at Gymkhana Gymnastics Club & Dance Studio on Tower Drive for more than 15 years. "We can't ta...

When Jay Fisher and Rich Malacina took over St. Charles Gymnastics Academy about eight months ago, they didn't do it as good investors. They did it as good dads. Fisher, of South Elgin, and Malacina, of Elburn, each had daughters who had attended th...

Baseball Tryouts: Heat Baseball, based in Hoffman Estates, has scheduled tryouts for 1 p.m. Sunday at High Point Park, 1730 Glenlake Road, Hoffman Estates. The team is seeking college bound juniors and seniors from the Northwest and surrounding sub...

Lakeshore Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club's Breed Specialty will be held Oct. 26 and 27 in the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31. Obedience and Rally is included on the 26th. • The Golden Retriever Club of Illinois will hold Breed Specialties Oct...

The blotter Bartlett • Anthony R. Fecarotta, 19, of 120 Lakeview Drive, Bloomingdale; and Peter D. Fiorito, 19, of 3057 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago, were arrested at 5:45 a.m. on Oct. 8 at 824 Kent Circle and were charged with illegal consumption of a...

Now that Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market is open in Algonquin, I've gotten calls and e-mails from many of you a little further south on Randall Road, worried that you're not getting your Caputo's in South Elgin. Don't worry. It's still coming. But th...