About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll. “She never put it down,” said Bekin. For decades, health care providers have incorporated certain techniques — music, art and pet therapy as well as caring for baby dolls — to help treat people with dementia or Alzheimer’s.

Saturday’s high school sports scores from around the suburbs.

St. Charles North scored two touchdowns in the final 2:41 of play, and had the game-winning two-point conversion with 0.9 seconds remaining to stun the Bulldogs with a 43-42 victory. “It sounds great” Hoffman Estates scored 28 unanswered points to re...

Playoff eligible. That's sweet music to the ears of football players and coaches. Hoffman Estates earned that status Friday night at Schaumburg, scoring 28 unanswered points in the final three quarters of its 28-7 victory to improve to 5-0. "It sound...

Football Addison Trail 48, Morton 7 Antioch 56, Lakes 15 Aurora Central Catholic 41, Catholic Central (WI) 0 Bishop McNamara 45, Aurora Christian 42 Burlington Central 40, Hampshire 14 Carmel 70, Marian 7 Cary-Grove 40, Crystal Lake Central 6 Do...

Conant's two-game win streak would be put to the test Friday night as it hosted a Fremd unit commanded by Northwestern-bound quarterback Johnny O'Brien that had outscored their opponents 159-31 in capturing their first four games. Despite its best fo...

Girls volleyball Barrington d. Hoffman Estates 25-13, 25-11 Benet d. Glenbard West 25-8, 25-16 Crystal Lake South d. Burlington Central 25-14, 25-20 Downers Grove North d. Addison Trail 25-11, 25-19 Dundee-Crown d. McHenry 25-21, 24-26, 25-13 Gr...

Barrington golfer Teagan Carden did not know what was at stake with her putt for par at the 18th hole at Fox Run Golf Links on Thursday. The Broncos’ junior lined up the sliding putt in the MSL girls tournament and sank it. Carden was oblivious to th...

Here’s a look at the fifth week of high school football games in Cook County.

Here’s a look at five of the best high school football games to watch on the fifth weekend of the 2025 season.