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The last time filmmaker Jason Reitman came through town we got into a conversation about unlikable characters. He knows something about unlikable characters: "My first movie was about the head lobbyist for Big Tobacco ('Thank You for Smoking'), my...

When the great English poet Philip Larkin worked at the University of Hull, he liked to say that the need to change trains in Doncaster meant most journalists, academics and other London irritants didn't bother to harass him. The American writer David...

The Orland Youth Association is a recreational sports program for the boys of Orland Park and surrounding areas. Founded in 1962, the club is celebrating …...

Barrington High School seniors Leslie Martin and Deena Davis, both 18, have always wanted to teach, and now their passion has landed them a prestigious …...

Immaculate Conception High School drama students joined thousands of other high school students from across the state at the 37th Annual Illinois High School Theatre …...

Charges are pending in an head-on collision in Lincolnshire that claimed the life of a Buffalo Grove woman days after her wedding. Shruti Phadnis, 26, …...

Thousands of senior high school student-athletes across the nation signed national letters of intent Wednesday and all of them hope they found the right fit. …...

Two 19-year-old students from the Chicago area have been found dead in two campus dormitories at Illinois State University, but school officials say no foul …...

Friends and family are remembering Allison Zak, an Illinois State University sophomore from Schaumburg who was found unresponsive in Manchester Hall March 22, as a …...

Somerset County Grangers celebrated 50 continuous years of membership of one of their loyal members at a dinner meeting held May 8 in Somerset Township.  David R. Hay of Somerset received the National Grange's "Golden Sheaf" certificate and a 50-year...

Four years ago, Peter Robertson thought he was leaving the uncertainty of a freelance writing career for the stability of teaching. He'd always wanted his own classroom, and the 52-year-old was pretty sure he'd get hired — schools were eager for...

— Take a walk around Lathrop Hall at the University of Missouri, and it won't take long before you meet someone from the Chicago area. There are the roommates from Barrington and Cary, and, two doors down, freshmen from Lemont and Mount Prospect....