If you're into architecture - from the historical to the energy-efficient - and you're curious to explore Elgin, Saturday is your chance to do so during a self-guided tour staffed by volunteer docents. The Open Elgin Architectural Tour includes more...

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra welcomed 8,700 area elementary and middle school students to the Ainsworth Concerts for Youth in early April. Students from Elgin, Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Naperville, Palatine, Schaumburg, St. Charles, Yor...

Latin sensation Grammy Award-winning Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives returns for a U.S. concert tour stop at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $61-$131. (800) 745-3000 or rosemonttheatre.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, April 16 ...

HOUSTON (AP) - Steve Johnson fought through late cramps to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, beating Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5) on Sunday at River Oaks Country Club. The 27-year-old Johnson won his second ATP Tour title, an...

'Goldbergs' guy See how an upbringing in Morton Grove shaped the career of comedian/actor/producer Jeff Garlin ("The Goldbergs," "Curb Your Enthusiasm") when he returns for a series of standup comedy shows starting Friday at Zanies at MB Financial P...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Despite several court rulings that put its plans in jeopardy, Arkansas hopes to go ahead with the executions of six men between Monday and April 27, which would be a pace exceeded only by Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court r...

Elgin Area School District U-46 will adopt new science resources to support a new curriculum being rolled out this fall at its 40 elementary schools and eight middle schools. The curriculum better aligns with Illinois' Science Learning Standards tha...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A strike by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military killed 36 Islamic State group militants and left no civilian casualties, hitting a tunnel complex in the remote mountains of eastern Afghan...