In a year that has demonstrated the importance of school meals, Elgin Area School District U-46's Food & Nutrition Services department was honored with an "Accent on Achievement" during the Oct. 5 board of education meeting. The honor came just ahea...

Go all the way back to June 8, 2006, when Rafael Nadal moved on at the French Open after his 19-year-old, 63rd-ranked opponent in the quarterfinals quit because of a bad back while trailing two sets to none. That opponent's assessment of Nadal after...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Tentative settlements have been reached in several civil lawsuits filed on behalf of the families of veterans who died at a West Virginia hospital where a former nursing assistant admitted to intentionally killing seven peop...

PARIS (AP) - The Latest from the French Open (all times local): ___ 7:30 p.m. Sofia Kenin found out what it feels like to win a Grand Slam final at the Australian Open in February. Now she knows how it feels to lose one. While French Open champion I...

A second wave of suburban students is rolling into classrooms this month for in-person instruction under hybrid models, driven largely by mounting public pressure to reopen schools and what had been ebbing COVID-19 infection rates. School leaders ac...

A Chicago-area Islamic group has launched an initiative to help mosques and other Islamic institutions be more inclusive of minorities and women. The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago's new Black Lives Matter Task Force aims to add...

PARIS (AP) - Novak Djokovic seemed well on his way to yet another ho-hum victory, yet another French Open final, yet another matchup against rival Rafael Nadal. And then, suddenly, what had been a gallop became a grind. Slightly more than two hours ...

VIENNA, Ill. (AP) - A bedraggled John Rendleman II exited the St. Nicholas Hotel in downtown Springfield with the last bundle of a stunning find when he noticed his car had been towed. Initially frantic, the university chancellor took a breath and ...