KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ashton Prechtel refused to hesitate when the opportunity to help her team presented itself, even though she had lacked momentum for most of the game. Coming off the bench for No. 3 Stanford and having missed all five shots s...

LOS ANGELES — When Bay Area-rapper Saweetie learned she was nominated for two Grammys, including best new artist, the competitive nature she learned from growing up in an athletic household came out in full force. Her grandfather, Willie Harper, pla...

Before Brian Gaughan starts talking about his younger-onset dementia, the diagnosis beats him to it. "Part of this disease, the way it affects me, is I will think of something I want to say and it makes perfect sense," says Gaughan, 62, a former Arl...

Dental hygiene is one of Harper College's oldest programs, dating back more than 50 years to the college's opening. The program's on-campus Dental Hygiene Clinic has a loyal client base, with about 1,500-2,000 regulars. By visiting the Harper clin...

Thanks to a partnership with Harper College, Ela Area Public Library's makerspace, Forge, is helping to bring smiles to thousands of kids this holiday season as a participant in the fourth annual 3D Printed Toys for Tots Campaign. Since late Novemb...

After 30 years of teaching students with disabilities, Pascuala Herrera wanted to share with other educators her experience and knowledge about making classrooms and communities more inclusive. So she co-founded Educators 4 Equity and Justice, which...

This story has been updated to correct the state House District number in which Edith Jolly ran for election. Former Arlington Heights Trustee Edith Jolly served during a period of great transformation in the village, yet she is being remembere...

When Maria Vargas received her law degree in Mexico, she could not have foreseen that she would find a job in Hoffman Estates 30 years later with Metcalf & Associates, a firm that practices immigration law. The path from there to here wasn't always ...