After 12 years serving as an assistant to Elk Grove baseball coach Terry Beyna, Steve Lesniak was looking forward to his first season as Grens varsity coach this spring. Like so much else, those plans are on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "...

A single car payment. A month's rent. Being able to keep the lights on. It can make all the difference for many college students struggling to stay in school during the COVID-19 lockdown. "It gives me a little more time," Paola Castro, 25, said of a...

The call from University of Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman earlier this week brought Vanessa DiBernardo big news. The Naperville native is going into the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame. "It was a big shock," she said. After winning state c...

Palatine village council members Monday night agreed to send a $2.75 million surplus from two tax increment financing districts to schools and other governmental agencies while also keeping some for the town. Like other towns, Palatine has had TIF d...

High School District 214 is taking yet another step to address the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health care professionals by donating to Northwest Community Hospital its supply of PPE and hand soap. The donated inventory, whic...

Northwest Suburban High School District 214, Harper College and other community partners are working together to produce much-needed personal protective equipment for hospital personnel and volunteers assisting public safety workers amid the COVID-1...

The head of a statewide medical association on Monday expressed concern for physicians treating the growing number of COVID-19 patients and medical equipment shortages, but suburban hospital officials said they are in good shape in both areas right ...

Our recent world pandemic has been a time to reflect on who we are and where we are headed. Over the last 55 years, the Women's Club of Inverness, a 501(c) (3) organization, has demonstrated a generous resolve of aid to those in need within our comm...