PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Winter storms sowed more chaos across the U.S. on Thursday, shutting down much of Portland after the city experienced its second snowiest day in history and paralyzing travel from parts of the Pacific Coast all the way to the n...

It's not always the money. Sometimes the community need is time - and maybe just a little personal connection. We frequently think that we can meet local charitable needs by sending a few bucks toward a cause we support, but as a front-page story by...

PIERRE, S.D. - A brutal winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday - and the worst won't be over for several days. Few places were unto...

A mentorship program working with homeless kids in Elgin Area School District U-46 needs volunteers. Fostering Success was founded last year by Danielle Valkner, a former CASA Kane County child advocate from St. Charles. The group's mission is t...

Harper College in Palatine has launched a mentorship program for first-year Black and Latino students that aims to address equity gaps while affirming their identity and ensuring representation. It is a peer-to-peer group mentorship model to help in...

The League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area will host a series of Meet the Candidates Nights for local candidates in contested races. The candidates will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and speak briefly on selected topics related to p...

Larkin High School's VPAA Dance Academy's Bring a Book to Life performance returns this week with "Mr. Men Little Miss," a dance production based on the "Mr. Men and Little Miss" books created in the 1970s and 1980s by British author Roger Hargreave...

You can ask Tony Sanders what he'll miss most about his job leading Elgin Area School District U-46, but the answer is obvious — the students. Not only are students the center of his work philosophy, but Sanders also has made it his mission to get t...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea called North Korea "our enemy" in its biennial defense document published Thursday, reviving the label for its rival for the first time in six years, as tensions worsen between the two countries. North Korea con...

Nearly a year after being introduced, a $20 million plan to provide "attainable" housing for seniors and empty-nesters and improve the Peterson Road corridor in Libertyville has been approved by village officials. The village board on Tuesday unanim...