Republican voters in four DuPage County Board districts will face contested races in the March 20 primary to determine which candidates advance to the general election in November. District 1: Tornatore, Gavanes Three strong candidates - incum...

Despite crumbling support, legislative candidate Burt Minor says he won't drop out of next month's Republican primary but still could withdraw before the November general election. "Even if I win (the primary), it's going to be tough to win in Nove...

The latest installment of the cross-town boys basketball rivalry between Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South included a rare neutral-site contest Tuesday night at Bartlett. The results, however, were very similar. Wheaton Warrenville South (...

On Feb. 26, seniors from four high schools received Good Citizen awards from the Perrin-Wheaton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The winners are: Laura Virgilio, Wheaton Warrenville South High School; Alex Rueth, St. Francis Hig...

Josh Sorensen was understandably nervous. The senior on the Wheaton North boys basketball team had a pair of free throws with 5.1 seconds to play and a 1-point lead. "I mean, obviously it was nerve-wracking," Sorensen said. But what really made hi...

School safety, education funding and a teachers shortage are some of the issues John Burkey hopes to address in leading the group representing the largest K-12 school districts statewide. Burkey, former superintendent of Huntley Community School Dis...

Legislative candidate Burt Minor strongly denies uttering a homosexual slur in front of Republican attorney general candidate Erika Harold and says he used a racial epithet during their October conversation only after she asked him to explain the me...

There's something new in the March 20 primary for DuPage County Democrats: the chance to vote in four contested county board races. The emergence of an unusually high number of Democrat candidates in the traditional Republican stronghold has its ro...

By John Lemon jlemon@dailyherald.com Class 4A Streamwood supersectional Geneva (28-3) vs. Rockford Boylan (32-0) When: 7 p.m. Monday Coaches: Sarah Meadows, Geneva; Paul Perrone, Rockford Boylan How they got here: Geneva defeated Schaumburg 62-37 a...

They toiled through the dog days in muggy gymnasiums last summer. They've been practicing since Nov. 6. They've been playing games since Nov. 20. They've battled through holiday tournaments and conference rivalry games, spent endless hours masterin...