West Chicago Democrat Karina Villa handily beat Aurora Republican Tonia Khouri in the race for the 49th Illinois House District, where incumbent Republican state Rep. Mike Fortner is retiring. Unofficial vote totals with all precincts in Cook, DuPag...

The third time's the charm for Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 officials in their quest to replace the Jefferson Early Childhood Education Center. After two failed referendum campaigns in the past five years, voters overwhelmingly approved a m...

A Democratic newcomer, Sheila Rutledge, and a Republican incumbent, Jim Zay, both won District 6 county board seats. Unofficial vote totals show Zay with 24,334 votes, Rutledge with 22,941, Wiley with 19,645 and Green with 19,185. Zay, of Carol Str...

Make no mistake about it...DuPage County took a pretty good hit on Saturday. Of the 11 football teams that entered the second round, only five made it through to the quarterfinals. This week's Eyes on Five looks at some of the interesting stories as...

With so much focus on state and federal races, it's easy to overlook contests down the ballot that will affect how DuPage residents are represented at the local level. Here's a look at the hottest county races and referendum questions DuPage voters ...

PEORIA - The Neuqua Valley boys cross country team was dealt a most unexpected blow when Zach Kinne, instrumental to the Wildcats' Class 3A first state track and field championship and runner-up cross country finish during the 2017-18 school year, m...

After getting his wisdom teeth pulled early last summer, Jack Fredian was confined to the couch for a week. But he was just itching to get back to running, which he did for Hersey's cross country and track and field teams the past four years. Little...

PEORIA - Billy Hauenstein was beyond ecstatic after the Wheaton Warrenville South boys cross country team captured the Class 3A state championship on Saturday at Deweiller Park. "All these guys are my brothers," Hauenstein said after he and his team...