The Rust-Oleum Championship on golf's Web.com Tour is a relatively new event in the Chicago area, having been played only once previously at Ivanhoe Club. Thursday's first round of its second staging here provided a walk down memory lane, however. M...

Jump ropes, aerobic bands, stability balls and other equipment to get individual students moving might overtake team sports as the cornerstone of physical education classes in middle schools of the state's second-largest school district. A new physi...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A website that touts itself as the world's largest source of information about charities has added a new feature: a warning label on tax-exempt nonprofits accused of spreading hate. GuideStar, a self-described "neutral" repos...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A man convicted of killing three people during the 1994 robbery of an Alabama fast-food restaurant was put to death Thursday by lethal injection. Robert Melson, 46, was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m. CDT Thursday at a southwest Al...

Officials at the state's second-largest school district are considering changing the way music is taught at the middle and high schools starting this fall. The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board this week reviewed a new music curriculum an...

By John Lemon jlemon@dailyherald.com Kristina Ahlers Burlington Central This repeat All-Area selection who will be playing college softball at Winona State hit .488 with 7 doubles, 5 triples, 7 home runs, 38 runs and 24 RBI. That followed a junior ...

Sarah Bailitz HerseyBailitz' pitching helped lead Hersey to its first MSL division in 22 years and Hersey coach Molly Freeman gets the right-hander back for two more seasons. "Sarah worked hard to become a starter for our team this season," Free...

U.S. stocks moved slightly higher in afternoon trading Wednesday as gains in banks were partially outweighed by a slide in energy companies following a steep slump in crude oil prices. Investors were sizing up the latest company earnings and looking...