Black suburban high school students are often ignored, Palatine High School teacher Asa Gordon says. The social studies teacher at Palatine, where about 5 percent of the 2,500 students are black, says that, without much of a support network, they ca...

Elmhurst College won't be rocking out this weekend. Instead, they'll be playing it cool with jazz. The college's 41st annual Jazz Festival brings some top musicians to Elmhurst Friday through Sunday at Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel. In addition to...

He was assistant chief of the Palatine Volunteer Fire Department in 1971 when Bernhardt "Barney" Langer accompanied Chief Orville Helms to a meeting that would change the face of fire departments across the state. They were among the suburban depart...

Several suburban high schools will test their robotic mettle Feb. 29 and March 1 at the 2008 Midwest FIRST Robotics Midwest Regional Competition at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. A record number 42 high school teams have registered, including: the Wil...

Wheeling police are warning residents that several auto burglaries have recently been reported. The police said vehicles that are unlocked or have valuables in plain view are being targeted. The most common stolen items are GPS devices, radar detect...

Financial workshops: The Harper College Women's Program is offering its third annual series of financial workshops designed to help people achieve their fiscal goals. All programs will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with light refreshments from 6 t...

Will eight qualifiers be enough for Harper College in the NJCAA Division III national wrestling tournament next weekend? Harper coach Dan Loprieno hopes it will be -- although he's used to going to the event in Rochester, Minn., with at least nine w...

Pardha Pyla knows firsthand the helplessness the students at Northern Illinois University are likely feeling. The graduate student at Virginia Tech said he experienced the same thing last year, when a similar mass killing occurred on his campus. "...

Pardha Pyla knows firsthand the helplessness the students at Northern Illinois University are likely feeling. The graduate student at Virginia Tech said he experienced the same thing last year, when a similar mass killing occurred on his campus. "...