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Top Teacher: How an Aurora teacher is giving students a sense of belonging

Rachael Mahmood, one of 15 finalists for 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year, teaches her fifth grade students at Georgetown Elementary in Aurora to embrace their identity as their greatest strength.

How renovations will help protect Danada House’s history while safeguarding its future

Olympic coach teaching new generation of karate kids, adults in Barrington

Neighbors in the News: River Trails Middle School names new principal

These banana pecan muffins are a naturally sweet start to your day

Want to run a fall marathon? It’s time to pick a training plan for your goals.

Terese Hajduk and her son, Evan, 4, help clean up during an Earth Day event Saturday at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village.

Busse Woods Earth Day cleanup brings people outdoors

Equipped with trash bags and extended grippers for picking up trash, a dozen people helped clean up a grove Saturday at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village for Earth Day. Mi...

Eating the simple carb, like the white rice on this plate, after you eat the protein and vegetable will help moderate blood glucose levels.

Ask the doctors: Eating foods in a certain order helps blood glucose

The order you eat your food does make a difference in the level of glucose in your blood.

Chairs are set for members of the Bibas family, who are being held as hostages in Gaza, at a Passover Seder table at Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel. A quarter of all residents there were killed or captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, prompting Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

‘They are part of our community’: Cloud hangs over suburban Passover celebrations

Passover is a celebration of liberation and freedom, commemorating the end of the Jews’ captivity in Egypt. But a pall hangs over this year’s celebration, when hostages r...

State Rep. Anna Moeller (right), D-Elgin, speaks on the House floor during debate on her bill to enact several reforms to the state’s insurance industry. The bill is an initiative of Gov. JB Pritzker, who is seated behind Moeller. The measure passed with bipartisan support.

Pritzker’s health insurance reforms clear House, move to Senate

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when the House passed his initiative to end some practices health insurance compa...

Cool the Matzo Buttercrunch completely before breaking into pieces.

A word-of-mouth sensation, Matzo Buttercrunch earns a place on the Passover dessert table

For AP food writer Katie Workman, there’s one must-have Passover dessert recipe — chocolate-covered caramel matzo. Or as it’s more commonly known, Matzo Buttercrunch.

Passover specials will be available after 3 p.m. Monday, April 22, and all day Tuesday, April 23, for dine-in and carryout at the Glenview and Lincolnshire Wildfire locations.

Suburban restaurants offer Passover options for dine-in and takeout

Passover begins at sunset Monday, April 22, so now is the time to finalize your holiday dining plans at a suburban restaurant or order carryout packages to dine at home.

Carol McGoldrick, left, and daughter Kelly McGoldrick, took their Boston terriers Delilah, in pink, and Larry, for a stroll one last time Sunday through the corridors of Stratford Square Mall. The mall closed permanently Sunday as its new owner, the village of Bloomingdale, makes plans to redevelop the property.

‘Like losing a friend’: Shoppers say goodbye to Stratford Square Mall on final day

The stores were dark and shuttered Sunday at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale, but that didn’t matter to visitors who wandered the corridors and rode the escalators ...