OXON HILL, Md. — Competing in his third National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old Pranav Sivakumar of Tower Lakes said he was no longer nervous. It showed. Pranav took second place in the in the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. Arvind Ma...

For the 11th year, hundreds of Illinois law enforcement officers will stake out Dunkin’ Donuts rooftops to benefit Special Olympics Illinois, starting at 5 a.m. Friday, May 31. Police officers have their own fundraising arm for Special Olympics, cal...

When it rains, it pours. And this year, it's been coming down in buckets all over Edwin Jackson. The Cubs right-hander came out dealing Tuesday night against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Then the rains came and didn't stop. Unfortunately fo...

Robert J. Mueller of South Barrington was part of the Emery Air Freight team in the 1970s when it won a presidential award. Now more than 40 years later, his own company, Roselle-based RIM Logistics won the same E Award, given by the President of th...

To: Scot Gregor Re: Cubs/Crosstown Cup Scot, About a week-and-a-half ago, we were asking Cubs manager Dale Sveum about “winning series” and getting nearer to the .500 mark. No more. The Cubs frittered away a series to the Mets and then went to Pitts...

CINCINNATI — Travis Wood's impressive streak of quality starts ended with another disappointment against his former team. This one stung a little bit more. Todd Frazier drove in a pair of runs with a sacrifice fly and a single off Wood, and the Cin...

CINCINNATI — One awful pitch ended Scott Feldman's streak of solid starts and kept the Cubs in their downward spiral. Feldman hung a curve to Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan with two on and two outs and the pitcher on deck in the fourth inning. Hanigan c...

A nursing home appears to be headed to Elgin’s far west side, and at least one neighbor complained that’s a far cry from the Trader Joe’s grocery store residents were led to believe would be built there. Elgin Memory Care would occupy 5 acres of a 1...