eople were being allowed back into Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport to reclaim their luggage and belongings where a gunman opened fire Friday, killing a security officer, and wounding others. The officer is the first from the Transpor...

Annette Frerichs had always worried that her daughter would be exposed to mosquito-borne West Nile virus. After a heart transplant in infancy, Alex, now 24, had an extremely weak immune system that caused her, for example, to get chickenpox three ti...

Police chiefs, legislators, school officials, parents, students. The fight against drugs — especially the heroin epidemic in our suburbs — is involving, rightfully so, all these groups. The need to find solutions has never been greater. As staff wri...

The Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation has come a long way in 34 years. The ESHOFF was born in 1980, an idea actually hatched in the late 1970s by former Elgin Courier-News sports editor Stan Shalett and former Elgin Country Club golf professional...

Last December’s tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., sparked conversations across the country about violence prevention. One of those conversations resulted in “Elgin: Safe City — Peaceful City,” a community forum open ...

Despite a significant drop in test scores, administrators at Fox River Grove Elementary District 3 are happy the tiny district's roughly 500 students are doing far better than the rest of the state on standardized tests. The two-school district, lik...

More than 600 schools statewide joined the ranks of those failing to meet standards, according to the 2013 Illinois School Report Card released today by the Illinois State Board of Education. Nearly 600 schools made the grade, while 3,169 are deeme...

Comedy and mystery come together in Elgin High School’s production of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” which takes the stage this weekend. Shows are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 and 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at 1200 Maroon Drive. Tickets ar...