Tip-off for the 2009-10 boys basketball season is next week. Meet your team's veteran stars and promising new talent as they begin their march toward postseason glory. Find team previews here.

From an undefeated powerhouse to a Cinderella playoff run, four area football teams are geared up for the charged environment of state semifinal football Saturday. Check at each team's prospects in our previews at FNL.MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM.

In debating whether we should abolish capital punishment, it’s important to decide which aspect of this story dominates — the psychopath who deserves the ultimate punishment or the wrongful conviction of two men. Is it better for us to enhance public safety by eliminating society’s most serious threats or to protect civil liberties by making sure innocent people are never put to death?

The Brookfield Recreation Department will be showing “Mary Poppins” at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave.

Residents have called the boarded up historic Arcade Building an eyesore, but the village, local artists and Riverside Brookfield High School students are teaming up to beautify the building again.

Teachers and faculty at Riverside Brookfield High School take on the students' ultimate Frisbee team Nov. 10.