Thoreau worried about society’s desire to dumb down complex ideas. He feared a decline in intellect when he wrote the ...

Ottawa First, the city's Fourth of July fireworks fundraisers for the last 14 years, will pass the torch to Ottawa Downtown ...

Tom Ptak is coaching three McClain sisters at St. Bede after coaching their mother in the 1990s, multiple area players are ...

Alanas Castillo scored 20 points and Gabe Sularski 18 in Lemont's win over Oak Lawn, Cameron Mercer scored 16 in a ...

DeKalb boys and girls wrestling sweep Metea Valley, Aidan Cooper and Jayden Gray each ahd double-doubles for the second ...

The Huntley girls basketball team beat Burlington Central and more basketball, wrestling and bowling results in Friday's ...

Despite moving up two weight classes, junior Dom Munaretto managed to set the tone with a 21-6 technical fall victory over ...

Oregon held on for a Big Northern Conference road win at Rock Falls as the Hawks made impact plays down the stretch in a ...

Coal City boys and girls basketball win. Coal City wrestling advances at Princeton. Plus more from around the area in the ...

The Streator boys basketball team picked up a road win at Lisle on Friday to stay unbeaten in Illinois Central Eight ...

St. Charles East led by 11 points in the fourth quarter and managed to hold off Batavia's comeback for a 54-53 victory Friday ...

With his club-high six rebounds, he also led a decisive 37-29 edge on the glass and chipped in on the defense that limited ...