Chris Crane made quite a sacrifice Sunday when he allowed the shaving of his long beard — dyed green ahead of St. Patrick’s Day — for the annual St. Baldrick’s Day fundraiser at Chicago Loop Sports Bar & Grill in Streamwood. But even Crane had his li...

Girls basketball IHSA State championships At Normal Class 1A Okawville 48, Illini Bluffs 36 Class 2A Peoria Notre Dame 48, Nashville 46 Class 3A Lincoln 44, Glenwood 30 Class 4A Loyola Academy 44, Nazareth 40 Al...

Friday, March 1 Boys basketball IHSA Sectional finals Class 4A Addison Trail Glenbard North 44, York 43 Class 4A East Aurora Downers Grove North 69, Bolingbrook 52 Class 4A Elgin Palatine 46, Stevenson 38 Class 4A Ro...

The two Republican candidates vying to challenge Democratic incumbent Maura Hirschauer of Batavia for the 49th District state House seat in November recently shared their thoughts on being effective within a Democratic majority, as well as how such s...

Just weeks after members of a local labor union for automobile factory workers first appeared in a commercial supporting U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s reelection campaign, a multistate office of the same union has endorsed the Naperville Democrat’s challen...

On Feb. 27, the District 75 board approved the hiring of Dr. Andrew Vondran to serve as the next principal at Carl Sandburg Middle School. Vondran will begin at CSMS on July 1, following the retirement of longtime CSMS Principal Mark Pilut. He was s...

The two candidates in the Republican primary for the 49th District state House seat recently debated their respective electability in the November general election when one will challenge Democratic incumbent state Rep. Maura Hirschauer of Batavia. H...

Wednesday, February 28 Boys basketball IHSA Sectional Semifinals Class 4A Addison Trail No. 2 York 52, No. 3 Batavia 44 (OT) Class 4A Aurora East No. 2 Downers Grove North 41, No. 3 Waubonsie Valley 28 Class 4A Elgin No....

A Republican running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat denied that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was an act of insurrection and called for many facing charges stemming from that riot to be released. Candidate Susan Hathawa...