Downers Grove North, St. Charles North and Fremd are the top three teams in this week’s Daily Herald football Top 20.

Varsity high school sports scores for Saturday, Sept. 6.

As Conant juniors Noelle Koh and Nidhi Karekar fielded questions after a dual meet at Saturday’s Fremd girls tennis invite, a bee flitted and then hovered near the Cougars.

A roundup of this weekend’s high school football games in Cook and Lake counties.

Platzkonzert Germanfest waltzed into Hoffman Estates with a bang Saturday. The family-friendly, Oktoberfest-style celebration continues from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Construction is about to start on Compass Datacenters’ five-building campus on 273 acres in Hoffman Estates after the firm invested more than a year on the environmentally respectful demolition of the massive former Sears headquarters once housed there.

At the Elk Grove Invite, Conant’s girls won the 2-mile open cross country race, Lake Park’s girls won the 3-mile team title and Buffalo Grove’s boys won at both distances Saturday.

Football Aurora Central Catholic 26, Christ the King 20 Aurora Christian 51, Chicago Crane 0 Barrington 35, Hersey 21 Batavia 35, South Elgin 3 Burlington Central 10, Cary Grove 7 Carmel 51, Lake Forest 7 Downers Grove North 55, Downers Grove So...

Be it sugar or candy or even sealant or paint, there was no way that Buffalo Grove coach Jeff Vlk could coat his team's season-opening home loss to Hoffman Estates where it surrendered 55 points to the visitors. "It's the kind of loss that hurts beca...

Ascension Health officials fielded sharp criticism about their decision to shut down labor and delivery services at the hospital system’s Elk Grove Village facility during a town hall Thursday night.