Kyla Walton was not about to overanalyze her situation. "I wasn't thinking," the West Aurora senior said as the anchor leg of the 1,600-meter relay approached. "I do better when I don't think." The Central Michigan recruit, who won the triple jump...

Hundreds of students studying German in school packed North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall earlier this month for a concert by Tonbandgerät, an increasingly popular band from Hamburg that performs in German. The band, whose name is the German word ...

Garfield Farm Museum will host two mountain and hammered dulcimer workshops in April. The Sunday, April 6, workshop will serve as a basic introduction while the Sunday, April 13, workshop will cover more advanced techniques. Musician Dona Benkert wi...

The spring rainbow trout season will open at 6 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at three DuPage County Forest Preserve District lakes: Pickerel Lake at Pratt's Wayne Woods in Wayne; Grove Lake at Wood Dale Grove in Wood Dale; and Silver Lake at Blackwell in ...

Incumbent Grant Eckhoff has an early lead in his bid to become the Republican Party's nominee for a District 4 seat on the DuPage County Board. With 26 of 134 precincts reporting, unofficial results show Eckhoff with 2,483 votes. Paula McGowen of Gl...

A soggy playing field, chilly conditions and only one outdoor preseason practice could have formed an ugly trifecta for Batavia High School's 2014 girls soccer opener Tuesday night. But you never would have suspected that the Bulldogs faced any of t...

Incumbent Jeanne Ives on Tuesday laid claim to the Republican nomination in the race for the 42nd state House district. With all precincts reporting, unofficial counts show Ives, a freshman representative from Wheaton, with 63 percent of the votes....

Voters in Tuesday's DuPage County primary will pick their party's nominees for numerous county, state and congressional seats to advance to the November general election. Here's a look at some of the hottest races DuPage voters will be deciding. ...