The Salvation Army in Elgin has launched a new initiative to provide winter coats to Elgin Area School District U-46 students in need. Since October, the group has set up coat closets in 25 schools - 22 elementary and three middle schools - through...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - When 9-year-old Eimal stepped out of his home in the Panjshir Valley in northeastern Afghanistan, he had no way of knowing that his life was about to change. He was playing in a field near his home when he stumbled upon wh...

KYLES FORD, Tenn. (AP) - On a recent late fall afternoon at Kyles Ford, the white branches of sycamore trees overhung the banks of the Clinch River, leaves slowly turning yellow. Green walnuts covered the ground. The shallow water ran fast and cold...

PHOENIX (AP) - Aspen Day-Flynn and her boyfriend, Travis Tolin, were thinking of moving back to her native Washington state this fall when their Phoenix landlord helped give them the push. The monthly rent on their two-bedroom house jumped from $1,0...

Gingerbread houses, breakfast with Santa, singalongs, concerts, a winter wonderland, food drive and lending a helping hand to local community organizations. That's how Elgin Area School District U-46 students and employees are celebrating the holid...

Illinois American Water presented Rolling Meadows High School District 214 with a $2,000 grant to support the school's new Agriculture Pathway with a focus on sustainability. The grant was part of the company's annual environmental grant program for...

CRESCENT, Iowa (AP) - Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year's ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River su...

BEIJING (AP) - Global markets were mixed Wednesday following reports that President Donald Trump's advisers were preparing for a possible delay in a weekend tariff hike on Chinese goods. Investors also had their eyes on central bank meetings in Euro...