After I wrote about Darien Gee's novel “Friendship Bread” a few weeks ago, I received several requests for the bread starter. At the time it didn't dawn on me that anyone would have to start Amish Friendship Bread from the ground up. It seems like b...

Dave Seiffert is an affable guy who enjoys a bit of irony now and then, but seeing his own political ad — delivered to his house three days after his slate lost the election — was not one of those moments. “I don't know that it cost me the election,...

Before he died, George W. Nellessen told a witness that he feared one day his son would kill him. Less than a week later, Nellessen was dead — at the hands of his son, Mathew Nellessen, prosecutors say. The 19-year-old robbed and killed his father w...

Two hours into his shift as a professional waiter, Harper College President Kenneth Ender took a look around the crowded dining room of Schaumburg's Chicago Prime Steakhouse and made a prediction: “If I can just make it through the eight o'clock sea...

A 19-year-old Arlington Heights man and three Chicago residents are scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges they killed his father last week during a robbery. Mathew G. Nellessen, of the 1000 block of North Wilshire Lane, faces charges of fir...

With a 3.6 grade-point average, pre-physical therapy major Alex Wulbecker is putting out a big effort in the classroom. But the Northern Illinois sophomore has also managed to dedicate a lot of time to her softball skills. She was recently honored f...

Police announced charges early this morning against four men, including the victim's teenage son, in connection with the slaying of a 55-year-old Arlington Heights man found dead in his home Thursday morning. Charged with first-degree murder and arm...

As part of a bet between Harper College President Kenneth Ender and Harper alumnus Andy-John Kalkounos, the college president waited tables Friday night at Kalkounos’ Chicago Prime Steakhouse in Schaumburg and donated his tips to a new scholarship f...

The 19-year-old son of a homicide victim in Arlington Heights was being held by Arlington Heights police Friday, and authorities said charges are pending. An autopsy on the 55-year-old victim, George Nellesson, was completed Friday afternoon, which ...

Harper College freshman Wes Wilcox (Lake Park) has been named an NJCAA Divsion III All-American honorable mention in men’s basketball. “He earned it, he was everything for us,” said Harper coach Tony Amarino. “He was a leader, I thought. The bigger...