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The boys state track and field meet gets underway Thursday in Charleston. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Area boys track athletes looking for big finishes at state

Since 1990, only five TribLocal area teams have won Illinois High School Association boys track and field state titles. Joliet West won the Class AA … Read more ›

After NATO, normal traffic jams ahead

Expressway traffic jams and the familiar hunt for curbside parking in downtown Chicago return Tuesday, as the daily commute gets back to normal after the NATO … Read more ›

Waubonsie Valley's Morolake Akinosun, right, wins a preliminary race in the 100 while Rock Island's Jalea Jackson (left) suffers an injury during the race. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

West suburban track standouts bring home medals, state records

Several relay teams and individuals from West suburban schools in the TribLocal area brought home medals from the Illinois High School Association state track finals, … Read more ›

Supreme Court refuses to hear Illinois redistricting challenge

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to redistricting in Illinois despite complaints from the League of Women Voters of Illinois that the new … Read more ›

Missouri-based pet food maker issues another recall

The Associated Press reports: Illinois is among the states from where Meta, Mo.-based Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling another type of dog food because … Read more ›

COD, Glen Ellyn heading back to court

College of DuPage and Glen Ellyn are heading back to the courtroom next week, just months after officials on both sides said a winning compromise … Read more ›

Still photograph from surveillance video showing an SUV involved in a hit-and-run crash that fatally injured an Aurora motorcyclist. (Aurora police / May 17, 2012)

Aurora police show suspect vehicle in fatal hit-run

Aurora police today released a surveillance photo of an SUV that was involved in a  hit-and-run crash last week that fatally injured a motorcyclist. Maxwell J. … Read more ›

Booking photo of Anieka D. Johnson (May 17, 2012)

Aurora woman guilty of battery, not attempted murder in 2010 attack

When an Aurora woman got word that her cousin’s teenage daughters had become  involved in a fist-fight, she abandoned the dinner she was cooking, got … Read more ›

Wheaton Academy's Brandon Ruggles is setting up a basketball skills camp so that four classmates can attend a leadership camp in the summer. (Photo submitted by Holly Ruggles)

Wheaton Academy student organizes basketball skills camp to aid four classmates

There is no “wait ‘til next year” attitude for Wheaton Academy junior Brandon Ruggles and he is setting up a basketball skills clinic to help … Read more ›

Joliet Slammers pitcher Brian Smith spent the spring as the University of St. Francis pitching coach. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

USF coach in the spring, Slammers reliever in the summer — Smith sees both sides of pitching

In March and April, the University of St. Francis played its home baseball games at Silver Cross Field in Joliet and pitching coach Brian Smith … Read more ›