SINGAPORE (AP) - Shares were mixed in early trading in Asia on Friday on revived concerns over the prospects for a breakthrough in trade tensions between the U.S. and China. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.4 percent to 21,717.57 and t...

A $2.3 million project to widen and align the intersection of Dundee Avenue and Summit Street in Elgin will enhance traffic flow and reduce accidents, city officials said. Mike Pubentz, the city's senior engineer for capital projects, called it "a v...

Matt Erbach says teaching students how to fabricate parts precisely down to a thousandth of an inch is the best part of his job. "I love the precision ... the getting it right aspect of it," said Erbach, one of two precision manufacturing instructor...

This story has been updated to read Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti received a Reflejos "Latina Leadership Award." Roughly 40 awardees, including seven suburban Latino students, were recognized Wednesday for contributions to Latino communities duri...

In the spirit of the season, the Elgin Area Chamber will give thanks to five local volunteers at its annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Building E. The p...

NEW YORK (AP) - Hate crimes across the United States spiked 17 percent in 2017 - marking a rise for the third straight year - with a 37 percent increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes, according to an FBI report released Tuesday. There were 7,175 repor...

BOSTON (AP) - A Black Panther "slash claw" and a plastic Power Rangers sword are among the items topping a consumer safety group's annual list of worst toys for the holiday season. Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm, or W.A.T.C.H., ...

LONDON (AP) - The opening matches at the ATP Finals led to a debate over whether conditions at the O2 Arena were trickier than in past years. Novak Djokovic ended it. The Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion made an impressive start to his campaign for ...