The setter for Harper College's national championship team two years has helped her Trinity International women's volleyball team get off to a solid start this season. Senior Katelyn Sommers, a Buffalo Grove graduate, had 36 assists in a three-set w...

A German cosmetics company has chosen Elgin to house its first U.S. manufacturing plant that will focus on making eyeliners. Faber-Castell Cosmetics, a 40-year-old growing company, said it is leasing a state-of-the-art plant where cosmetic penci...

About three seconds into a conversation with Fenton football coach Matthew Lynch is all it takes to understand the man's commitment, whether to Bison football, to students or to worldly concerns. Lynch hits on it all in a program to be held before t...

The Harper College Diagnostic Cardiac and Medical Sonography programs are seeking volunteers interested in receiving free ultrasounds. Appointments are available on select evenings through Nov. 8. Ultrasound exams include carotid artery (participant...

Township High School District 211 will host its fourth annual First-Generation College Night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Palatine High School, 1111 N Rohlwing Road, Palatine. Child care services will be available at the school fr...

Though it's located on Harper College's Palatine campus, a renovated and expanded 38-year-old building is now open for students and community members alike who want to swim a few laps, lift some weights, take a yoga class, or need a quick doctor's c...

Nineteen referendums will appear on Lake County ballots this fall, asking voters about school construction projects, water system improvements and many other issues. Most are for specific school districts or municipalities, so no voters will see all...