A member of College of DuPage's senior management team who serves as executive director of the school's foundation is stepping down later this year to take a position in the hospice industry. However, Catherine Brod said her planned retirement in Oc...

After placing second at Harper Community College Litrenta Triangle Invitational in February and coming home with six individual Gold medals, the College of DuPage Forensics team continued its success at the 2015 Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics As...

By Burt Constable In 1852, Louis Bergman left Alsace-Lorraine on the border of Germany and France to start his new life as a farmer in what is now Hoffman Estates. That Bergman farm era ends at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, when Bergman's 98-year-old great-gran...

You don't have to go far to see an international rugby competition next week. The Palatine Rugby Club is hosting a team from Fontenay-le-Comte, France, as part of a visit coordinated by the Sister Cities Association of Palatine. Four coaches and som...

The Sister Cities Associations of Palatine and Fontenay-le-Comte, France and the Palatine Rugby Club, an affiliate of the Palatine Park District have coordinated an international exchange from April 10 through April 16. French Mayor Jean-Michel Lalè...

He can leap from tall buildings in a single bound. He's more powerful than a villain's loco motive. And if you catch Hollywood stuntman Chris Brewster in action, you'll swear he's faster than a speeding bullet. You've seen this Buffalo Grove High Sc...

Incumbent Donna Redmer and challenger Jeffrey Meyer were elected to 6-year terms on the Elgin Community College board Tuesday. With all precincts in Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and DeKalb counties reporting, unofficial vote totals show Redmer receiv...

At most auto shops, making deliveries and parts runs aren't a glamorous chore. But when Charley Rush, who owned International Auto Repair in Evanston, would head out to pick up or drop off needed components, he stirred the imagination of one youngst...

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to make their picks in municipal, library, school board and park district races. After months of sometimes contentious debates and campaigning, here's a look at the top hot races across the Fox Valley. Elgin ...

A battle for Campton Hills village president and nine people seeking three seats on the St. Charles Unit District 303 board top the list of hot races going into Tuesday's election. Voters in Elgin also will decide whether Mayor David Kaptain deserve...