The Elgin Area School District U-46 board on Monday approved a $963.2 million spending plan for fiscal year 2026.

The common eastern bumble bee, rusty patched bumble bee and nine other species live in Lake County. Their features differ. But the annual life cycles of their colonies and queens rhyme.

President Donald Trump’s second-term strengths look different from his first, according to new polling.

Bartlett High School junior Nathan Scholl receives recognition for his first-place finishes in swimming at state Special Olympics.

Mark your calendar for the Long Grove Apple Fest, Jack O’Lantern World, Huntley Fall Fest, Celebración de los Árboles at Morton Arboretum, Oktoberfests across the suburbs, Pumpkin Fest at Cosley Zoo and more happening this week.

Neither a Jordan Peele-produced horror nor a Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell romantic drama were enough to continue the September hot streak at the movies. Overall ticket sales were down nearly 50% from last weekend, with the holdover champion “Demon Slayer” edging out the newcomer “Him” for first place.

Football Alton Marquette 40, Aurora Central Catholic 20 Glenbard West 35, Downers Grove North 21 Hinsdale Central 29, Lyons 26 Girls volleyball IMSA Glen Schwartzwalder Tournament Westmont d. Larkin 25-16, 25-20 Westmont d. St. Edward ...

Students’ fears of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting parents and loved ones have suburban and state education officials concerned about the potential for disruption and a rise in truancy.

American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships. Two of them, in fact. Her biggest win of all might be that her father, Melvin, was on hand in Tokyo to watch her. The country's brightest new sprint star donated stem cells from her bone marrow in 2018 to help her dad overcome a potentially deadly sickness in which the marrow doesn't produce enough white blood cells to enrich the immune system.

Wall Street tacked on some more gains as it glided to the finish of its latest record-setting week. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.7%.