More than 2,000 eighth graders had the chance to explore their future educational and career opportunities on Thursday during an expo at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates.

In this week’s local college football roundup, Naperville North grad David Olano sends Illinois to a last-second victory, while Benedictine couldn’t build off an upset win.

How concerned are Americans about the partial shutdown of the federal government and whom do they blame for causing it? The Washington Post texted a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people on Wednesday to ask.

Glenbrook Elementary School in Streamwood will see renovations as part of a slew of construction projects in Elgin Area School District U-46 schools.

Premieres of the punk/metal/hip-hop tuner “Revolution(s)” at Goodman and Sandra Delgado’s “Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars” at TimeLine open this week. Plus, Morton Arboretum’s Walking Hikes series salutes Edgar Allan Poe and “The Lion King” returns to Chicago for a brief run.

Mark your calendar for the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival, Harmony Fest Featuring the Taste of Arlington Heights, the Morton Arboretum’s Cider and Ale Festival, Oktoberfests, Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns at Chicago Botanic Garden and more.

Wall Street ticked higher on Monday as technology stocks recovered some of their losses from late last week.

DUBLIN — Even though he's relatively new to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aaron Rodgers fully understands the Rooney family's connections to the Emerald Isle. They didn't want to disappoint Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland’s first regular-s...

No. 1 in the world is 0-2 at this Ryder Cup, and Scottie Scheffler had the worst first day by a top-ranked player since Tiger Woods.

U.S. stocks climbed Friday and trimmed their losses for the week after a report showed that inflation is behaving roughly as economists expected, even if it’s still high. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and broke its three-day losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 299 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.4%. All three indexes pulled closer to the all-time highs they set at the start of the week.