A select few athletes from Sacred Heart School receive most valuable player awards as well as Lou Boudreau Awards each year.

Sticking its collective thumb in Gov. Pat Quinn’s eye, the Illinois House passed a major expansion of gambling on Wednesday that would put five new casinos in Chicago, Rockford, Danville, Lake County and the south suburbs of Cook County and place slot machines at the state’s racetracks.

Buglers Across America volunteers are now performing "Taps" at 3,000 services a month — 26 percent of all the military funerals in the U.S.

The final installment of our Costly Commute series follow Erica Urteaga of Bolingbrook, a busy 33-year-old mom who totes her four children around to various activities on the weekends, then visits family and friends in Chicago on the weekends. The cost of gas is something always on Urteaga's mind, so she relies on advance planning and car smarts to keep a tight budget.

Our complete series of stories and multimedia on the "Costly Commute," a multi-part series about the effects of rising gas prices on suburban residents.

Anyone who has ever vegged out on the couch has Eugene J. Polley to thank for facilitating their relaxation.

A $1,000 reward is being offered to anyone who provides information about heroin dealers in DuPage County.

Although the primary protest against NATO occurred early Sunday afternoon and evening, traffic restrictions will still be in effect Monday.

When Patricia Withers left home Sunday morning, she also left her dependent 29-year-old autistic son behind with her husband, who had to fly back from his home in England. "Just in the event I get arrested," Withers said, "someone has to be here for him."

When Zaklina Trpenovski learned that President of the Republic of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov was going to be in Chicago for the NATO summit, she thought it only natural to invite him to her church, Macedonian Orthodox Church Sts. Kiril and Metodij in Willowbrook.

Marc Tyler Nobleman, the author of more than 70 books, met a Villa Park 5th grader who was featured in his 2010 book, "Vanished: True Stories of the Missing."

With no major protests planned today in Chicago, downtown is quiet and emptier than usual.

Adler Planeterium, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Shedd Aquarium are some of the many museums closing their doors for the NATO summit.

Although NATO has dampened many people's plans, children at Montrose Harbor flew kites without fear during the somewhat controversial weekend.

As commuters boarded the Metra at the Lombard station earlier this morning, many said they were getting ready for the last "normal" commute until the NATO summit leaves downtown.

In a sea of red shirts and green hats, the National Nurses United descended on Daley Plaza to protest the economic policies they say benefit the wealthy at the cost of the workers of the nation.

Marion Garrett Welch, a longtime dancer, teacher and owner at the Garrett-Harvey Dance Studio in Villa Park is remembered by two of her children.

Jamal Oliver, the father of 11-year-old drowning victim Jordan Oliver, addressed the media around 4 p.m. Wednesday, within viewing distance from where his beloved daughter perished after a game with friends took a fatal turn the day before.

The 11-year-old pulled from a Bolingbrook pond Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Jordan Oliver, a student at Pioneer School. She drowned after playing a "bridge jumping" game with other youths, according to police.