SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday despite the bout of turbulence overnight brought on by the European Central Bank's announcement of additional stimulus measures. KEEPING SCORE: South Korea's Kospi edged up 0.1 ...

Talented teens from Elgin Area School District U-46 will have their moment in the spotlight as they compete in the sixth annual TalentFest at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at The Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. Two finalists from each ...

Members of the Elgin Lions Club are conducting its 34th annual Rose Day. They will be selling one dozen long-stemmed roses for $15 for delivery on March 23-25. Purchasers will have fresh flowers with which to celebrate Easter, reinforce a loving rel...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A website created by two young Jordanians in a coffee shop six years ago has become the most popular site in Arabic, highlighting a vast vacuum: less than 1 percent of the Internet is written in the language spoken by 4.5 percen...

If Tammy Duckworth makes it through her party's primary election — and she should — she still will have much to prove regarding how she would represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate for the next six years. Duckworth, a wounded veteran of the Iraq War ...

WASHINGTON - Federal meteorologists say the winter that has just ended was the hottest in U.S. records, thanks to the combination of El Nino and man-made global warming. The average temperature for the Lower 48 from December through February - known...

By Barbara Vitello Girl power Cinderella achieves her happily ever after with help from fellow fairy tale maidens Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty in Marriott Theatre's young audiences production of "Cinderella ... After the Ball," a musical about ...

TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares sagged Tuesday as oil prices gave up overnight gains. A weaker dollar weighed on Japanese stocks following the release of revised data showing Japan's economy contracted in October-December. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark...