A Lake in the Hills man was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday, recovering from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Island Lake. Dennis Lee Wilkins, 62, suffered a head injury in the crash that, McHenry County sheriff's po...

Harper College won't be able to ease into this football season. The Hawks are rated 22nd in the NJCAA/JCFootball.com preseason top 25 poll. But their Midwest Football Conference home opener at 1 p.m. Saturday is against 14th-ranked Joliet. And Week ...

A Naperville native is moving from the ivory tower to the rough and tumble world of politics. Democrat Scott Harper, a doctoral student at Oxford University, is postponing his thesis to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert in the 2008 election...

When as a small child Herman P. Bueno came to the United States from his native Colombia, he started first grade without knowing any English and with no extra help in the classroom. Family members believe that is why Mr. Bueno chose to become a teac...

A Schaumburg woman was killed about 1:45 p.m. Saturday after police said she jumped from an open window on the 41st floor of a high rise on the 600 block of West Irving Park Road, Chicago. An autopsy conducted Sunday on Isabella Dekelaita, 36, of Sc...

The board of directors of the American Medical Directors Certification Program announced that Dr. Theodore M. Homa of Arlington Heights was granted the title of Certified Medical Director in Long Term Care. Homa is one of 2,200 physicians nationwide...

Baseball, softball Tryouts: The Northwest Travelers Baseball will hold 2008 team tryouts Saturday and Sunday according to the following schedule: •10-year-old team (players with birth dates on or after May 1, 1997), 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. For details...

Baseball Tryouts: The Northwest Travelers Baseball will hold 2008 team tryouts Saturday and Sunday according to the following schedule: •10-year-old team (players with birth dates on or after May 1, 1997), 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. For details, call Fra...

Neighbor sports Baseball, softball Hoffman Estates Travel tryouts: The Hoffman Estates-based 12U travel baseball team will hold tryouts from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Cannon Crossing Field No. 4, 1600 Nicholson Drive, Hoffman Est...

Neighbor sports Baseball, softball Hoffman Estates Travel tryouts: The Hoffman Estates-based 12U travel baseball team will hold tryouts from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Cannon Crossing Field No. 4, 1600 Nicholson Drive, Hoffman Est...