The Elgin Lions Club is conducting its annual food collection program to assist the Elgin Community Crisis Center and other charitable groups in their feeding programs. The red collection barrels are showing up in many elementary schools in Elgin ...

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Kei Nishikori saved a match point with a perfect topspin lob and fought back to beat Gilles Muller 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday. Fourth-seeded Marin Cilic also trailed by a set before winnin...

NEW YORK (AP) - After a brief rally, U.S. stocks are again turning mostly lower Wednesday afternoon as real estate companies skid. Apple is sliding after its latest results failed to impress investors, pulling technology stocks down with it. Health ...

TOKYO (AP) - Markets fell broadly in Asia on Wednesday after a gloomy session on Wall Street, where shares of household names like appliance maker Whirlpool and athletic apparel maker Under Armour suffered their worst declines in years. Weaker oil p...

Faith, family, academics - the core of John Thorne's philosophy that graced football players and programs with a Midas touch. Thorne said great players are "how coaches get awards they probably don't deserve," but it's no fluke the man from tiny Mil...

Elgin Area School District U-46 next month will host its first dual language academy for parents who want their children to become bilingual. The academy primarily is for parents of students enrolled in the district's dual language program in presch...

Wheaton native Dan Proft has emerged as a key behind-the-scenes player in Illinois politics as the head of Liberty Principles PAC, a political action committee funneling millions of dollars to Republicans in races across the suburbs and state. Prof...