News about club meetings and events. Deadline is two weeks before event date. DAR essay contest: The Twenty-first Star Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution announce its annual American History Essay Contes...

Paw prints found this week in Wheaton weren't made by a cougar, according to an expert who examined molds of the prints Wednesday afternoon. "They weren't cougar prints," said Mike Brown, lead keeper of large carnivores at Brookfield Zoo. "They were...

Batavia • A burglar smashed a window to steal a Jensen CD/DVD/radio/TV player out of a vehicle in the 1000 block of Lorlyn Circle, it was reported at 10:52 a.m. Tuesday, according to police. • A black bag, a pair of Nike running shorts, a GPS device...

RMHS stages 'One Acts' today: The Drama Club of Rolling Meadows High School presents its student-directed "One Acts," at 7:30 p.m. today, Sept. 17, in the school theater. Three plays: "Hard Candy," by Jonathan Rand; "Pizza: A Love Story," by Juliann...

ATLANTA -- Laws meant to rein in schoolyard bullying rarely if ever do that since adults generally don't enforce them, according to an Associated Press review, and several students' recent suicides have parents and advocates calling for tougher meas...

Arlington Heights • Thieves stole a wallet valued at $400 out of woman's purse in Pappadeaux restaurant, 798 W. Algonquin Road, between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, after a man wearing eyeglasses asked her to read the menu for him, and a woman bumpe...

As the melee ensued, Glen Kozlowski felt his heart breaking. Now, the North Chicago football coach has been given the task of trying to mend a broken season. And it won't be easy. On Thursday, the IHSA handed down a severe punishment against the War...

Lake in the Hills • Orron K. Marshall, 20, of the 300 block of Wabash Street in Elgin, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and resisting a police officer, after he was pulled over at Frank and Algonquin roads at 12:27 a.m., police ...