IC Catholic Prep’s Max Cumbee and Brody Kelly became two-time state champions and Frank Nitti and Aiden Arnett won titles for the first time during Saturday’s IHSA boys wrestling state finals at Champaign’s State Farm Center.

Five IC Catholic Prep wrestlers and two from Montini, along with Lyons' Griff Powell and Wheaton North's Ryan Rosch won semifinal matches at state wrestling, while Glenbard South girls basketball won its third straight regional title and Grant Smith scored 28 in Lyons win.

Lake Park put together a dominant fourth quarter to pull away from Wheaton North for a 40-23 victory in Friday's Class 4A Lake Park Regional final between the DuKane Conference foes. Brea Moore led the Falcons with 11 points.

Palatine's Jolee Waddington won the state all-around title Friday, while Prairie Ridge co-op, led by Nora Terhaar, leads the team standings heading into Saturday's final round. Downers Grove co-op is in third.

Maeve Savage was a sophomore starter two years ago on Hinsdale South's team that was fourth in Class 3A, the best team in school history. The Hornets took a step back last year, but on Friday Savage had 19 points and 15 rebounds to lead them past Lemont 34-29 to a regional title.

A Downers Grove man missing since Jan. 9 was found dead Friday afternoon in a retention pond in Woodridge, authorities said

Wheaton police are investigating an apparent “swatting” call that brought a law enforcement presence to Wheaton North High School Friday

Can Benet navigate a gauntlet of a road and repeat in Class 4A? Can Glenbard East make a return to Champaign? How far can York take its magical season? And what about Class 3A? Here are storylines to watch as the boys basketball postseason tips off next week.

Ten people were displaced and a family’s dog and cat were killed in an early Friday morning townhouse fire near Villa Park.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday crash in the 5800 block of College Avenue in unincorporated DuPage County near Downers Grove.

Wheaton police are responding to Wheaton North High School to conduct an investigation regarding an alleged threat called in about the school, authorities said

Senior Mya Austin scored six of her game-high 16 points in the final minute of the game, and had a key offensive rebound with 27 seconds remaining that shut the door on Wheaton Warrenville South in a 58-51 Glenbard West victory.

Timothy Christian won its fifth regional title since 2018 with a 44-35 win over Lisle on Thursday.

Katherine Skinner scored 21 as Hinsdale Central upset defending state champion Kenwood in a regional final, Stella Sakalas scored 33 as Nazareth rolled, plus state wrestling results in Thursday's roundup.

Kaelie Tomalak hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining in overtime, helping fourth-seeded St. Charles North hold off fifth-seeded York for a 48-46 victory for its third regional title in four years.

Furman commit Emma Briggs scored Benet's first 17 points and finished with a career-best 36 points – and the top-seeded Redwings needed every last one to overcome eighth-seeded Oswego East 58-50 in the Class 4A Benet Regional final.

Stifling defense helped Downers Grove North offset a rough shooting night in a win over St. Laurence at its own Class 4A Regional.

A Carol Stream man has been charged for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors said.

A Lombard man has been sentenced to probation for committing an anti-Muslim hate crime

Three of the four Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat have expressed doubts that Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election.

A Republican candidate for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat said the U.S. should close its borders to all would-be immigrants until reforms are enacted.

Find your new favorite restaurant during Elmhurst's Restaurant Week, which kicks off Friday, Feb. 20.

The single-family residence located at 453 Anthony Street in Glen Ellyn was sold on Feb. 2, for $2.05 million, or $371 per square foot.

Facing a nine-point halftime deficit, Ben Gillmar's rebound slam with just over a minute left gave Wheaton North a late lead it would hold on to against Glenbard North Wednesday.

Led by the duo of David Showman and AJ Rogers, Wheaton Warrenville South pulled ahead in the second quarter and never backed down to secure a 41-29 victory over Batavia to clinch a share of the DuKane Conference title and give coach Mike Healy his 400th win.

A former Chicago man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for shooting another man at an indoor amusement park in Villa Park in 2021

Here are the Suburban Life-area qualifiers for the IHSA individual state wrestling meet.

Griff Powell’s family legacy, and college future, is in Champaign. He hopes to add another chapter this weekend. The Lyons senior, who is committed to wrestle at Illinois, his parent’s alma mater, will cap off his high school career at Illinois’ State Farm Center this weekend.

Wheaton College looked “Faithfully Forward” when school leaders set a new bar for the aptly named fundraising campaign

Lyons made a habit of mounting impressive comebacks all season – and did it again Tuesday, rallying past Hinsdale Central to clinch a share of the West Suburban Silver title with York. That, plus notes on Riverside-Brookfield and Benet from Bob Narang.

Benet boys basketball won at Marist to clinch the East Suburban Catholic Conference title, York and Lyons both won to clinch shares of the West Suburban Silver, and Benet, Nazareth, Lyons, Downers Grove North and York were among girls basketball winners in regional semifinals.

From Capitol News Illinois: Mendrick has been a vocal critic of the state’s SAFE-T Act, and also says public schools should return to focusing on teaching basic skills such as reading, writing and math, and that they should have to compete with private schools for enrollment

The eight candidates in the Democratic primary for the 8th Congressional District seat debated the role Congress should play in resolving the conflict in Gaza at a recent forum.

Necessary repairs to the West Street railroad crossing in Wheaton will require it to be closed from approximately 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 23.

An Illinois appeals court on Friday reversed lower decisions and ordered Republican congressional candidate Tedora M. Brown’s name to be added to 11th District ballots.

About a dozen people gathered Sunday for a Melt the Ice knit-along in Downers Grove. Knitters created Melt the Ice beanies and raised more than $500 for organizations supporting immigrant rights

In partnership with the Elmhurst Park District, the Elmhurst Art Museum announces the return of Art in Wilder Park to the heart of Elmhurst.

The Rotary Club of Downers Grove will award music scholarships this spring to high school seniors

The inaugural Junior Board of the Glen House Food Pantry is hosting its first fundraising event

A group of supports gathered in Glen Ellyn Sunday to cheer on suburban speedskaters Ethan Cepuran and Sarah Warren

Immigration policy was among the issues debated by three of the four Republican candidates for the 8th Congressional District at a recent forum.

Hinsdale Central and Timothy Christian girls basketball both won big in regional semifinals Monday.

A single-family home in Chicago that sold for $4.15 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in DuPage / Cook County over the past week.

IC Catholic Prep crowned six sectional champions and qualified 12 of its wrestlers for the state wrestling meet, York freshman Charlie Dolan won a sectional title to lead area state qualifiers at Schaumburg, plus Lyons and York boys basketball were winners in Saturday's roundup.

York's boys basketball team went on a second-half run to pull away for a 51-33 West Suburban Silver basketball triumph over Glenbard West on Friday night.

Glenbard East boys basketball clinched a share of the Upstate East title, Benet clinched a share of the East Suburban Catholic, and Lyons, Downers Grove South and Glenbard South were all winners Friday.

Heather-Marie Montilla has been named the new director of the Downers Grove Public Library

Marc Gamble scored a game-high 31 points, and Lucas Kaciulis put in the game-winning basket as time expired to give Timothy Christian a 51-50 comeback win over Aurora Christian on Thursday night.

Stella Sakalas scored 25 points to lead four players scoring in double figures as Nazareth rolled by Lincoln-Way West.

EQuality Downers Grove (EQDG) announces “The Three Lives of Cate Kay” by Kate Fagan is this year’s selection for EQuality Downers Grove 4th annual One Book, One Town initiative.