Mary Lenz Wieman is being remembered today, 22 years after she died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The Arlington Heights native, who attended Our Lady of the Wayside School, Sacred Heart of Mary High School in Rolling Meadows and the...

More than 100 members of Hersey's class of 1973 descended on the school last month and their thoughts turned to a simpler time. When they began as freshmen the school had been open only one year and much of the neighborhoods surrounding it was still farmland. For...

Kerri Largo teaches a business incubator class at Hoffman Estates High School and she also serves as chair of the business education department. Yet, even she admits she didn't know what an NFT was until two years ago when she learned about them from her students....

Arlington Heights Police Chief Nick Pecora knew he wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement as far back as his days at Rolling Meadows High School, but the closest he could experience it was after graduation. In 1982, at the age of 19, he was hired as a public...

A violin left behind by a 19-year old girl in a boxcar transporting Jewish prisoners to Auschwitz, came to life Sunday during a sold-out presentation of Violins of Hope, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Patrons heard the story about the violin once owned by...

Isabel Pollpeter and her twin sister, Abby, already hold the distinction of being among the first female members of Boy Scout Troop 209G in Palatine, and now they were among the first three to complete their Eagle Scout projects. In Isabel's case, she led some of her...

Was it a chance encounter or a miracle moment? On a recent Thursday night, when my husband, daughter and I all enjoyed a glass of wine outside Tuscan Market & Wine Shop, a woman walked by, who stopped when she recognized us. Her name was Kelly O'Connor and we had...

Kayla Joyner was ecstatic to land a principal role in Xanadu, now playing at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. After all, she is the youngest cast member -- she will be a senior at Wheeling High School -- and this is her first appearance on...

Let the countdown begin! After years of fundraising and educating the community, the founding partners of Gerry's Cafe opened its doors Wednesday to its major donors, and the joy was contagious. "We're over the moon excited. It has surpassed every expectation, just to...

Officer Treston Schoeny typically works afternoon shifts with the Arlington Heights Police Department and as one of his ancillary jobs he works in forensics services. During last year's National Night Out event at North School Park, he was demonstrating some of the...