Paraphrasing the late Houston Oilers football coach Bum Phillips, "One year ago, we knocked on the door. This year, we beat on the door. Next year, we're going to kick it in." That next year is here for St. Charles East's boys cross country team. Tw...

The arrival of Katelynne Hart has ushered in a period of brilliance in Class 3A girls cross country. Naperville North was a year removed from what many observers considered to be a stunning defeat at the hands of Minooka. Yorkville, in the aftermath...

The die has been cast. Wheaton Warrenville South returns five starters from its first Class 3A boys cross country championship. But the most prolific team state champion - regardless of sport or gender - in history has been anointed as the team to b...

Any first-day jitters went poof! Wednesday in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 where students received a warm welcome back from teachers and administrators. Teens arrived in style to Wheaton Warrenville South High School, walking a red carpet t...

Teachers welcomed students Wednesday as parents dropped their kids off on the first day back to school at Rockland School in Libertyville, Bower Elementary in Warrenville and Hearltand Elementary School in Geneva.

It's almost a year later, but winning the 2018 state doubles championship feels like just a few weeks ago for Wheaton Warrenville South senior Emily Orlove. "Honestly, a lot of times it plays back in my head and I'm standing there winning it all ag...

A disability services agency in Naperville is offering up the historic mansion on its Wright Street campus for donation to several governmental agencies, but so far it hasn't found any takers. Spokesman Patrick Skarr said Little Friends has approac...

The St. Charles North football team's original Monday schedule called for 90 minutes of film review before hitting the field for the season's first practice at 4:30 p.m. Forecast late-afternoon thunderstorms forced a plan change. Instead, last year'...

At least one Democrat is hoping to unseat first-term Republican state Rep. Amy Grant in Illinois House District 42. Lisle Democrat Ken Mejia-Beal has announced his bid to challenge Grant, who represents the district that includes all or parts of Whe...

Naperville Central junior quarterback Sam Jackson committed to Minnesota in February but the scholarship offers keep flooding in. Jackson believes he owes it to himself to keep his options open. "When colleges come in, I just put on a show for them,...