Kildeer Countryside School District 96 Board of Education members Tuesday approved the appointment of Cynthia Zarkowsky to fill the vacancy created by the resignation in February of Bob Gauthier. She was among three candidates who interviewed her se...

It's a pleasure to see five strong candidates competing for two six-year terms on the Oakton Community College board. They come from a diverse set of age, ethnic and educational backgrounds, a key element at a community college where diversity aboun...

Ryan Weber, a native of Aurora and St. Charles, has been a longtime sailing enthusiast. He's sailed with his brother Byron Weber and dad Tom Weber, both of St. Charles, and won top competitions, including their division for the Chicago-Mackinac race...

A climax in the battle over teachers' and state workers' retirement benefits played out Wednesday when the Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments on the law to cut those benefits. The seven justices' eventual decision could have a big impact on taxe...

Retainer fees are common practice when hiring an attorney, but could they soon find their way to your doctor's office? Concierge medicine, as the business practice is called, is a small, but growing, trend in the medical field. It had its start in t...

There's good news and bad news about "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," the "theatrical concert" inspired by soundtracks from the late writer/director's 1980s teenage coming-of-age films. The good news: It lasts only two hours. The bad news: You'll...

So sad. So young. We, too, grieve for loss of Ally Bradford and Seth Egger, the Aurora Central Catholic High School students killed when their SUV collided with a semitrailer in a dense fog on the way to a basketball game. And best wishes for a...

If you're a Republican state lawmaker whose voters depend on Metra to get to work, can you defend a budget that cuts public transit? And if you're a Democrat from the suburbs, can you pooh-pooh a budget that gives $120 million more to roads? We aske...