Elgin Area School District U-46's five Magnet Academies recently received national recognition, with four schools named "Nationally Certified Demonstration Schools" by Magnet Schools of America. Registration is open through Oct. 31.
The men in the old “Saturday Night Live” skit would not have believed the news Friday. They would have continued to guzzle beer and eat meat with their bare hands, and they would have dismissed the reports the way they dismissed so many heart attacks. No, it can’t be true, Bill Swerski’s Superfans would’ve said. Mike Ditka can’t be gone.
As roads, farms, and development often leave natural habitats in small, isolated patches, the Lake County Forest Preserve District is aiming to create corridors allowing animals to reach food, shelter, and mates, while plants spread unimpeded. To that end, the county is considering a pending acquisition of 37 acres that will connect the east and west sides of the Raven Glen Forest Preserve near Antioch.
At 19 months old and with visits to all 63 U.S. national parks under her bib, Aarya Sharma of Schaumburg is ready to see a little more of the world.
A supposedly one-and-done Pinball Expo back in 1985 is on its way to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel this week to mark its 42nd year.
Extreme rarities are famous for luring birders into trains, planes and automobiles. The prospect of a once-in-a-lifetime sighting is a powerful force. Just ask Geneva resident Jackie Bowman.
Rolling Meadows Library will join a 34-library consortium on Oct. 20 — a move that officials say will give patrons access to more shared materials that will arrive in days rather than weeks.