Streamwood High School student Alyssette Rosado traveled to Washington, D.C., recently to meet with members of Congress and advocate for the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadet program. Rosado was one of four CAP cadets selected from Illinois for the trip...

Eighth Congressional District GOP rivals Manju Goel and Larry Kaifesh started their campaigns seeing eye to eye on most every major issue. Their shared criticisms of the Affordable Care Act as well as many other Democratic-driven economic policies s...

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Just two weeks after Russian troops seized their peninsula, Crimeans voted Sunday to leave Ukraine and join Russia, overwhelmingly approving a referendum that sought to unite the strategically important Black Sea region with th...

Students from seven middle schools in Elgin Area School District U-46 competed to be top chefs in the "Junior Chopped: A Middle School Cooking Competition" held Saturday at South Elgin High School. The competition, which is a takeoff on the Food Ne...

NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. says its blockbuster vaccine against pneumonia, blood and other infections met its goal of preventing illness in vulnerable elderly patients in a huge study required by U.S. regulators. The New York-based company's Prevnar 13 ...

None of the 16 teams still alive in the Class 4A boys basketball tournament offer a more compelling back story than South Elgin. Among the first teams statewide to send a shock wave through this year's bracket, South Elgin (18-14) was a game above ....

PHOENIX — A former longtime Fiesta Bowl chief executive was sentenced to eight months in federal prison on Thursday after acknowledging that he participated in an illegal campaign contribution scheme. John Junker was sentenced after pleading guilty ...

Judson University's Health Education and Promotion class invites the Elgin community to join in the Every Body Walk! event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lindner Tower, Classroom D, 1151 N. State St., Elgin. The event is part of Elgin's March...