‘Rango' a wrongo Mr. Gire: I've never bothered to contact a film critic in response to one of their reviews, but in this case I feel compelled to do so. Your high praise of “Rango” completely baffles and troubles me. How this movie ever re...

Earl Dowling brings more than 35 years of higher education experience to his new role as associate vice president of Enrollment Management at College of DuPage. “Most of my career has been spent at very large public, four-year schools, so I'm a lat...

The world seems like a very small place. But in the 1960s, when Vern Risty took a Peace Corps assignment to Bolivia and Rob Alexander went to Colombia, their travels were considered exotic. Twenty years later, when Rich Johnson was teaching English ...

Haley Reinhart and Ta-Tynisa Wilson know how to stick with it. Reinhart, of Wheeling, was crushed when “American Idol” judges cut her last year. And Wilson, an Aurora native, tried out for the show unsuccessfully four times before making the cut th...

The High Wheeler Train Show pulls into the Harper College Sports Center, Building M, in Palatine, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday March 5, and Sunday March 6. Families and model train hobbyists will gather to experience more than 20 operating model trai...

The Harper College men’s and women’s basketball seasons are over, but the accolades are only beginning to roll in for both teams. Freshman forward Wes Wilcox (Lake Park) was named to the NJCAA Division III, Region IV all-tournament team. Wilcox was...

ŸFor the second time, Tracey Repa, head coach of the Speech, Acting and Debate teams at Buffalo Grove High School, was honored for coaching excellence with a Diamond Award from the National Forensic League. Repa is among 17 coaches nationwide, who w...

Harper College in Palatine boasts one of the most extensive art collections in the Northwest suburbs — and among area colleges and universities. More than 300 pieces can be found across the campus — valued at $2.7 million — from its large scale outd...