New MRI reduces stress of test
Hadiya Jackson is feeling anxious as she awaits her MRI. The Lake Park High School gymnast banged her knee doing a back walkover on the beam, and she's hoping it's...
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Nuns’ other calling? Fighting Alzheimer’s
Catholic nuns are known for their acts of charity, but Sister Adrienne Schmidt has found a way to give beyond the grave: she will donate her brain to science. First,...
Back-to-back blasts stir Aurora outrage
After a faulty cable sparked an electrical explosion Monday in downtown Aurora, Mayor Tom Weisner decided he'd had enough. While Commonwealth Edison Co. crews worked to restore power, Weisner complained...
Prosecutor will seek a 4th term
DuPage County State's Atty. Joseph Birkett said Thursday that he will seek a fourth term as the county's leading prosecutor. Birkett, 52, a Wheaton Republican, said a recent controversy in...
Cicada nymphs can wait no longer
Like a scene from a science-fiction movie, red-eyed insects are popping up now in freshly turned gardens, squirming beneath logs and stones and digging tunnels as they plot their escape....
New chief for DuPage GOP
DuPage County Republican leaders selected state Sen. Dan Cronin as their new leader Sunday, touting the Elmhurst attorney as a family man who can reinvigorate the party and stem a...
Scandal claims another casualty
Mired in controversy over deplorable conditions at one of the Army's pre-eminent facilities for treating battle-scarred troops, Army Secretary Francis Harvey abruptly resigned Friday as the White House announced it...
Hopefuls look to April vote
The good news for Naperville City Councilman Doug Krause was he survived the mayoral primary. The bad news was that he now must find a way to overtake popular three-term...
Brookfield shows off newest Chicago bear
The newest Chicago bear is not headed to Miami. The Brookfield Zoo's tiny polar bear, born Dec. 14, has remained in a maternity den with its mother, Arki, since birth--but...
Acid-test campaigns come to bitter end
Illinois voters head to the polls Tuesday under a cloud of negative advertising to decide the outcome of rare competitive congressional contests with national implications, a bitter race for governor...