Flynn McRoberts

For two and a half hours amid the heavy rain and deepening darkness Wednesday evening, firefighters sifted through the ruins of a fire that gutted a Carpentersville home, killing three...

Budding Robert Mapplethorpes they might not be, but a group of Barrington High School students have a thing or two to say about politicians opposed to public funding of the...

After an emotionally draining week, students from Palatine High School gathered this weekend to tap what they consider to be their most valuable asset in getting back the tens of...

The Palatine High School booster club treasurer accused of embezzling money from the group stole nearly $35,000 from a loan company he worked for in the late 1970s, according to...

Rev. Wendy Larson of Our Saviour`s Lutheran Church in Naperville sees her prayers as ''weapons.'' That may seem unusual for a pastor, which she is, but not for the wife...

The words sung, spoken and prayed in Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in south suburban Robbins would have meant something on any Sunday. But their significance was undeniably heightened on...

When most folks consider exercising, they think of running, swimming, maybe tennis. John Burke thinks of chess. That`s because Burke, the plant manager of an Elmhurst netting company, gets quite...

Discussions about the violent death of a student overshadowed reform Thursday as residents somberly voted to elect a local school council at Harper High School where 16-year-old Chester Dunbar was...

More than 16,000 people have declared that their candidacies for the October local school council elections, but improper reporting by some schools may lead to a lesser number of candidates...

About 20 children were slightly injured Friday when the school bus they were riding in sped around a corner on two wheels, tipped over and slid along a metal guard...