A custodial worker was found dead Monday in Naperville Central High School's construction zone, sparking a police investigation in which foul play has been ruled out. An autopsy is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. today, but authorities said Zeina M. Alva li...

Once a week, Larry Crawford doesn't spend his lunch break reading a book, surfing the Web or even doing work. Instead, the Lombard man meets with special needs students from Naperville Unit District 203's transition program, helping them learn about...

Close your eyes and picture the world's stuffiest author. You know the type. Serious. Self-important. Nose held so high it tickles the ceiling. Chin set so tight it dusts the floor. Maybe wearing a bow tie. Got it? Good, because talk to the folks r...

Turkey Trot participants Thursday morning will "run now, eat later." With visions of turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy piled high on their plates, some 5,000 runners will be thinking of that slogan as they lace up their shoes and hit the street...

A fire that caused more than $100,000 damage at Naperville's Scott Elementary School is being investigated as an arson, police said Monday. Cmdr. Mike Anders said investigators have interviewed several students and staff members at the school at 500...

Naperville's Scott Elementary School is scheduled to reopen Monday in the wake of a Friday fire that forced the evacuation of the building at 500 Warwick Drive. No one was injured in the fire, which began in a boys restroom and forced students and f...

Even as she battled cancer last year, Ann Reid was asking everyone she knew to support a referendum to help Naperville Unit District 203 build an early childhood center. After nearly three decades working with special education students in the distr...

Eleven years into his major league baseball career, Jerry Hairston, Jr. achieved his lifelong goal and one of the proudest moments of his life, winning the World Series as a member of the New York Yankees. Friday afternoon, Hairston and NFL running ...