Freddy the fox in Bartlett A fox with a drain pipe stuck around its neck has become a bit of a folk legend in Bartlett as it eludes capture and continues to raise its family. Fondly nicknamed "Freddy," the fox has its own Facebook pa...

At the 1996 ceremony unveiling the “Take Flight” exhibit on the mezzanine level of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, more than 100 fans cheered Capt. William R. Norwood, whose name graces the 727 jet hanging from the ceiling. Twenty-five yea...

Harper College officials Tuesday announced receipt of an $18 million donation from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, in what is the largest gift in the Palatine community college's 54-year history. “It's hard to wrap your mind around it, s...

After the 2020 edition was moved online, Harper College's InZone camp will be back on campus this summer. The annual enrichment and sports camp will run through Aug. 13 with a mix of in-person and online courses that will have young students shootin...

Each year, the Honorable Timothy C. Evans scholarship is awarded to a law student and, for the first time, paralegal students who reside in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Scholarship recipients are chosen based on factors including scholastic ac...

Seventy-five years ago today, on June 1, 1946, Larry Haines and Vi LaPointe exchanged wedding vows at the altar of the single-room, white, wooden St. Anne Catholic Church in Barrington. That small church from 1946 has been replaced by a much larger ...

Suburban community colleges set to receive millions of dollars more in federal COVID-19 relief funding in the coming months are stepping up efforts to help students in need with tuition costs and other expenses, as well as using the money to mitigat...

Tamara Johnson, the incoming vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion for Harper College in Palatine, will help increase the college's focus on equity in student achievement. "We are working on strengthening our outcomes (for students of co...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved fame as sardonic TV news writer Murray Slaughter on 'œThe Mary Tyler Moore Show'ť and stardom playing cheerful Capt. Stubing on 'œThe Love Boat,'ť has died. He was 90. MacLe...