Third year Band Director Spencer Hile puts joy above all else in leading his students in band and jazz band at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights. "I want them to be authentically having fun and enjoy playing music -- so there's joy in the room," Hile says. Going...

During his first walk-through at Rolling Meadows High School, newly named Head Football Coach Robbie Gould came across what he describes as a "shrine" to his former teammate, Jimmy Garoppolo. Laughing, he immediately texted his former teammate and gave him a virtual...

On the face of it, there was no way the Saint Viator girls' basketball team should have been competing for the sectional title earlier this month. Not with a record of 7-24 and the No. 10 seed, heading into post-season play. But the Lions surprised everyone when they...

Tyler Schorsch opened Wednesday as Danny Zuko in Palatine High School’s production of Grease, and it literally brings him full circle. As a young child, his mother taught him to sing Greased Lightnin’, using a hairbrush as his microphone and the coffee table as his...

Ian Miletic, a junior at Rolling Meadows High School and 3-year starter on its varsity basketball team, is drawing attention from some top tier college programs. He already has offers from Marquette, Illinois and Miami of Ohio. He also was invited to visit Wisconsin...

A podcast interview with former teacher John Lee, opens with this question: "Did you consider yourself a spy?" Without missing a beat, Lee responds: "Technically, probably. But no, I didn't." John Lee spent more than 30 years as a teacher and administrator -- with the...

Arlington Heights native, Julie Drost Lokun, brings a brand new concept to the Metropolis Performing Arts Center, with the two-day conference, Cre8tive Con. The event takes place Feb. 17 and 18 and is intended to give creatives the tools to host podcasts, write a...

The Arlington Heights Community Prayer Breakfast drew a packed crowd Thursday morning to the Double Tree by Hilton Chicago Hotel. The big draw was hearing from the featured speaker, soccer star Brian McBride, who has set national and international records, and all...

Ken Pink wraps up his 28th year officiating high school basketball games in mid-February, but he will finish with a bang. Pink was one of 21 officials -- one for each sport in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) -- who was named an Official of the Year. In his...

When The Music Man in Concert opens Feb. 2 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, there won't be room for much of a set. That's because 40 actors -- including 16 adult professionals and a 25-member youth ensemble -- and a 25-piece orchestra...