Suburban social service providers and financially needy students are breathing a little easier after the Illinois legislature overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending plan for the first half of the fiscal year that begins Friday. Along with fundi...

When Buffalo Grove author Bruce Bohrer's "Best Seat In The House! Diary of a Wrigley Field Usher" was published in 2014, the Chicago Cubs were in last place, with key players such as Starlin Castro, Luis Valbuena and Darwin Barney struggling to prod...

Palatine Park District commissioners voted Tuesday to approve their $9 million portion of a $38 million plan with Harper College that will bring indoor pool access to district residents when the work is completed in two years. The plan will renovate...

Soiree Lyrique will present three concerts in July highlighting aspiring young classical singers. The first event will be held at 1 p.m. after the Fourth of July Parade at DuPage Court in Elgin. The performance will be moved to Al's Café in case of...

Harper College volleyball player Meghan Chartier (Inverness, Ill./Buffalo Grove) was recently recognized by the National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) as a 2015-2016 NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention. Here ar...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Even as the middle child in a family with 11 kids, Keni Harrison always stood out. Only fitting, then, that her family stands out, too. A few of them are hoping they'll be at the stadium in Rio de Janeiro later this summer - dres...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pat Summitt's rich legacy in women's basketball can be seen on the sidelines and in front offices throughout the college and professional ranks. At the time Summitt ended her illustrious, 38-season coaching career at Tennesse...

When a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates announced she wanted to donate $100,000 to the organization, the club saw an opportunity to create a positive and lasting change in the community. Rotarians embraced the philos...

For its 10th anniversary, the Northwest Festival Orchestra is working with a children's chorus to perform Gustav Mahler's "Third Symphony," a work with a level of complexity not attempted before in the Northwest suburbs, according to resident conduc...

Enjoy standard and contemporary jazz selections by favorites such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and more at Harper College's 45th annual Summer Jazz Concert. The free performance will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, at the coll...