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...

There's something wholesome about seeing high school students, dressed in jackets and ties, and dresses, carrying their instruments to their performance venue. Expect that and more when high school and middle school jazz ensembles descend Saturday on Buffalo Grove...

A large party played out Sunday at St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly in Palatine. Nearly 100 people filled the first floor party room, ready to cheer when the guest of honor arrived. Sure enough, when Margaret Iosso made her entrance, the crowd erupted in cheers....

The refresh of Kids' World -- inside the Arlington Heights Memorial Library -- opened Monday to the oohs and ahs of hundreds of youngsters and their families.. Among the highlights were the new Everbrite wall -- think a life-sized version of the classic Lite Brite...

Rebecca Darr vividly remembers the first day she walked into the Northwest suburban office of the WINGS Program. In a LinkedIn post this week she described WINGS as "a tiny organization with a huge task in front of us, to end domestic violence one family at a time."...