Newly elected Wheeling Township Supervisor Maria Zeller Brauer is learning quickly just how generous the Northwest suburban community is. Donations come in every day, especially for its food pantry, including non-perishable food items and fresh produce from residents'...

Bears Chairman George McCaskey has his hands full these days with the negotiating the prospect of building a new stadium in Arlington Heights. But as complicated as the issues are, he still makes time for the important things, like reading stories to kindergarten...

A unique story played out at the boys gymnastics state championships, held Saturday at Hoffman Estates High School. Conant senior Sanket Vyas won the state title on the pommel horse, after he earned a nearly perfect score of 9.65 out of 10. Sanket is the first...

The Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade and ceremony will take on even greater meaning this year, with the discovery of nine new Civil War veterans, from Arlington Heights, who died in the war. That brings the number to 68 of Arlington Heights soldiers who died...

The Arlington Heights Farmers Market opens its 26th season Saturday and it continues to be a popular destination for families and residents of all ages. Consider the latest numbers: Last year, the market averaged more than 3,000 people every Saturday. "We have been...

Don't look now, but a jazz combo that calls itself the A Train, and performs often on Fridays at Chicago Prime Italian in Schaumburg, is made up of mostly high school students. Only their music director, Andrew Luzwick, is out of college, but the other three are...

"My students and I are pumped!" That's how Prospect computer science teacher Paul Hennig described his emotions as he and members of his Computer Science Club left for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. This top-rated team of young scientists included Albert Kim,...

Hoffman Estates High School Principal Mike Alther was in the school's Media Center on Friday when a group of students walked in carrying a large surprise: a table featuring the school's bright blue and orange colors. Turns out, Alther himself had worked alongside...

Saint Mary School in Buffalo Grove has worked to incorporate a robust science and STEM program into its curriculum and if the upcoming state science fair is any indication, it's paying off. At the Illinois Junior Academy of Science State Exposition, which opens May 2...

Inside a classroom in the Forest View Educational Center, Marguerite Tully of Arlington Heights and her student, KiKi, from Osaka, Japan, laugh together easily and finish one another's sentences. "We started as tutors," Tully says, "but now we're friends." KiKi...