One week after a Carpentersville teen went missing, authorities pulled her SUV out of a large retention pond in Vernon Hills Monday but continue to search the area for the 17-year-old in what police described as a "recovery operation." Based on the ...

A Carpentersville family scoured a wooded area behind a Vernon Hills bowling alley Thursday evening hoping to find some clues about what happened to their missing relative. The missing girl, 17-year-old Brissa Romero, is believed to have last been n...

Enter the Harper College Esports lair, and you'll get swept into the frenzy of protagonists and villains waging intense battles in pursuit of the prime objective: Achieve the mission for the honor and victory of the team. The Harper Esports (short ...

Harper College's Educational Foundation has raised a record $30 million through its new scholarship campaign, Inspire, making it possible for the Palatine-based community college to award more scholarships than at any other time in its 55-year-plus ...

Joy N. and her husband were married for 24 years before he passed away. It was a life filled with work, family and travel, the very basics of order and stability. Joy found it difficult to rearrange the threads of her old life after his passing. She...

Addison Trail Coach: Brendan Lyons, 18th season. Last season's record: 8-24 overall, 2-10 in the West Suburban Conference Gold. Top returners: Luke Smith, jr., G; Cesar Alvarez, sr., G/F; Dom Renc, jr., G. Key newcomers: Casey Carlson, jr., G; Max S...

The Harper College Women's and Men's Cross Country teams each won national titles at the 2023 NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. It's the first time since 2018 that Harper has taken home first-place honors at both...

Ongoing Fall Flower Show: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Nov. 26 at Wilder Park Conservatory, Church Street and Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst. A seasonal display of fall flowers. epd.org. Yuletide Treasures: 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 2...

While traveling to Kenya and Uganda earlier this year, Harper College's Mukila Maitha was thinking about the big picture. "Human history in East Africa spans the entire length of hominid evolution," explained the associate professor of geography. "I...