Downtown Elgin visionaries have long painted a picture of the old streets bustling with pedestrians and thriving with small businesses. And although the subdued housing market has taken its toll on downtown residential and business development, a pr...

DEKALB - Darion Anderson spent the summer on campus, taking classes and getting to know his seven new teammates. But Northern Illinois' sophomore guard, who answers to the nickname "Jake," always made time to head into Chicago to take part in the So...

The first Edgar Boss Lecture Series will take place the week of Nov. 17 and feature visiting scholar Dr. Fisher Humphreys. Dr. Humphreys is a noted Baptist theologian and professor emeritus of Systematic Theology from Beeson Divinity School, Samford...

Lists of top marathoners don't often reveal familiar names, but there among the top 100 male finishers of the Oct. 12 Chicago Marathon was Chris Siemers. A 1998 Fenton graduate, Siemers ran the distance in 2 hours, 35 minutes, 42 seconds, 66th overa...

The election of 2008 has one overriding theme: change. Whether it is the message of change resonating with voters toward Barack Obama and Joe Biden, or the change of reform voters support in John McCain and Sarah Palin, voters all across our great c...

John Noverini has been a practicing attorney for over 20 years, a Certified Circuit Court Arbitrator since 1995 and a professor of Law, Government and Ethics at Judson University for 14 years. Suddenly he is not qualified to sit on the bench in Kane...

Maybe it's a sign of age, but I can remember clearly when the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1980. A novel idea at the time, one had to figure with all the great sports history of Elgin a Hall of Fame would be a long-lasting venture. A...

John Noverini has been a practicing attorney for over 20 years, a Certified Circuit Court Arbitrator since 1995 and a professor of Law, Government and Ethics at Judson University for 14 years. Suddenly he is not qualified to sit on the bench in Kane...