Jeffrey Bils

A 13-year-old Aurora boy has admitted carrying a loaded semiautomatic handgun to his school last week, Aurora police said. Police have referred the boy and three other Washington Middle School...

As Chicago tried to come to grips with allegations that an 11-year-old boy committed murder, then was executed by teenage members of his own gang, a new case Saturday only...

About 3,400 children, mostly from DuPage County, will converge on the campus of the College of DuPage Sept. 8 and 9 for a chance to meet with 11 authors and...

Maercker School District 60 will hold an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Westview Hills Middle School, 630 W. 65th St., Clarendon Hills, to mark the completion...

This is the croquet game you probably remember from childhood: a goofy sport where the highlight was whacking the daylights out of an opponent's ball, sending it across the yard...

A measure approved by the U.S. Senate early this week could cost 12 states including Illinois up to 10 percent of federal funds for low-income students-their penalty for failing to...

About 500 people participated in the West Chicago Park District mud volleyball tournament Saturday and Sunday. Fifty teams competed on 225 tons of mud across five courts at Reed-Keppler Park,...

A memorial fence at the Lombard Historical Museum will have to be replaced following a vandalism spree early Monday, a museum spokeswoman said. The wooden pickets of the fence appeared...

Christ the King Parish, 115 E. 15th St., will hold its annual Italian Fest Carnival from Thursday through Sunday. There will be rides, games, bingo, food and entertainment on Thursday,...

There are probably people who don't understand why a Scotsman would want to wear a skirt, hurl a telephone pole or eat a sheep's stomach filled with suet and oatmeal....