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Scouting DuPage County wrestling

Top teams: Montini, Glenbard North, Wheaton North, Willowbrook, Metea Valley, Downers Grove South, Naperville North, Waubonsie Valley, Glenbard West, Lake Park. Top athletes: Addison Trail: Andre Frontier, jr., 145, Karim Fuentes, sr., 285, Guillerm...

Updated: Dec 03, 2015 at 11:18 PM

Johnson makes some noise in WW South rivalry win

Wheaton Warrenville South sophomore Jayla Johnson insisted she was very happy after scoring 19 points in the Tigers 46-42 victory against cross-town rival Wheaton North. "I am. I'm very excited," the low-key Johnson said with a laugh. "She's a sopho...

Updated: Dec 07, 2015 at 11:45 PM

Images: Wheaton North falls to Wheaton Warrenville South in girls basketball, 46-42

Wheaton Warrenville South hosted and won 46-42 over Wheaton North for girls basketball action on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015.

Updated: Dec 03, 2015 at 10:14 PM

Car club calendar

Car shows Dec. 17: An Evening with Jean Jennings, 6 p.m. at Cooper Technica Inc., 401 N. May St., Chicago. Jennings, an automotive journalist and former editor-in-chief of Automobile Magazine, has penned articles about cars and the personalitie...

Updated: Dec 03, 2015 at 11:14 AM

Weekend picks: John Heffron brings comedy to Schaumburg's Improv

Funny business Catch up with the season two winner of NBC's “Last Comic Standing” when comedian John Heffron returns on Thursday at the Improv Comedy Showcase at Woodfield Mall, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $19 plus a two-item purchase. (847) 240-2...

Updated: Dec 04, 2015 at 06:07 AM

You can only hope to contain these college achievers

As promised a couple columns ago, let's continue with a role call of some DuPage County athletes who made good in college this fall ... The last time we did this we noted that Chris Siemers (Fenton) was cross country coach at Colorado School of Mine...

Updated: Dec 02, 2015 at 09:12 PM

Music notes: Award-winning Richard Marx plays Genesee

Crooner Marx at Genesee Richard Marx, hailing from suburban Highland Park, has an impressive body of work behind him - eleven albums, three No. 1 singles and seven in Billboard's Top 5, plus numerous production and collaboration credits. Plus, h...

Updated: Dec 03, 2015 at 10:43 AM

For Warrenville, it's Holly Days time

Carolers and bagpipers will herald Santa's arrival in downtown Warrenville Friday when the city plays host to its annual Holly Days celebration. Santa is expected to arrive on a horse-drawn carriage at 6 p.m., said Karey Ross, marketing supervisor f...

Updated: Dec 01, 2015 at 11:47 AM

Warrenville police looking for armed robber

Warrenville police are searching for an armed robber who took an undisclosed amount of cash from a Speedway gas station late last week, authorities said Monday. The suspect entered the station about 3:30 a.m. Friday at 2S540 Route 59, displayed a ha...

Updated: Nov 30, 2015 at 11:44 PM

Some observations of early-season basketball

The high school basketball season tipped off this past week and tournament action was intense. Here are a few things that caught my eye: Girl power: After an errant shot hit the top of the backboard and dropped down, a basketball was stuck on the ba...

Updated: Nov 30, 2015 at 06:55 PM