Silly sacrilege? Comedian Kathleen Madigan ribs religion and other topics during her standup “Bothering Jesus Tour” at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $37.50-$57.50. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9...

Elgin Area School District U-46 officials say without a tax levy increase they could run out of money for capital projects after next summer. The school board this week agreed on a 2.10 percent levy increase for 2017 based on the tax cap limitation....

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes are slipping back from record highs Tuesday as banks and small companies fall. Travel booking sites Priceline and TripAdvisor are taking steep losses following their third-quarter reports and retailers are falling ...

Elgin-area school officials say they will work harder toward closing the achievement gap for black male students. Officials at the state's second-largest school district acknowledged they are failing more than 1,200 black male students in the classr...

Would hiring more black teachers assist in closing the achievement gap for black male students? That's one thing Elgin Area School District U-46 board member Traci O'Neal Ellis says is needed in that district. Studies back her up, and it is a common...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two men charged with tying up employees at gunpoint during a cellphone store robbery made a dramatic escape Monday from a suburban Silicon Valley courthouse, fleeing in a car waiting outside for them, officials said. The escape ...

CVS Health is cranking up prescription deliveries to customer homes or workplaces, as the drugstore chain tries to squeeze more of an edge from a massive store network that puts 70 percent of the U.S. population within three miles of one of its loca...

Elgin Area School District U-46 officials gathered Saturday to explore local obstacles to academic success for black male students. And it started with a confession that U-46 is failing the more than 1,200 black males in its classrooms. "We just wan...

Students and staff in Elgin Area School District U-46 will support and honor local veterans and troops with special ceremonies, concerts, breakfasts and assemblies the week of Nov. 6. In addition, more than a dozen local veterans are visiting 80-pl...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the tax overhaul from House Republicans (all times local): 8:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is praising the rollout of the GOP's tax overhaul plan. In a tweet, Trump writes, "The lobbyists are storming Capital Hill, b...