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  • Rob Colletti, left, and Ben Platt, pose in front of the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago. Platt plays nerdy but lovable Elder Cunningham in “The Book of Mormon,” and Colletti, who grew up in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn, is his standby.

    Suburban man the standby star of 'Book of Mormon' May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Eight times a week, Rob Colletti goes down to the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, warms up his vocals, sits in the dressing room while the hit musical "The Book of Mormon" is performed, and then goes home. Colletti, a Wheaton native, is the standby for the lead role of the nerdy but lovable Elder Cunningham. And, "it's been incredible," he said.

     
  • District 300 Superintendent Michael Bregy has traveled twice to Springfield in recent weeks to push for a one-year moratorium on establishing new virtual charter schools. The Carpentersville-based district is one of 18 included in a proposal for a virtual charter school that would stretch from Algonquin to Plainfield.

    Educators on virtual charter schools: Hold off a year May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Aurora Rep. Linda Chapa La Via proposed a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools that would halt review of a proposed school aiming to offer online education to students in 18 school districts from Algonquin to Plainfield. "What we'd like to do is slow the process down," Chapa La Via said. "It's gone too fast." Third of a three-part Daily Herald series.

     

  • Tips from a great teacher May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    Tips from a great teacher: Al Ochsner's advice

     

  • Art Ochsner, in the words of his students May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    What students have to say about Al Ochsner

     
  • Geneva High School art teacher Al Ochsner works with his students last week. Ochsner believes art instruction improves real-life learning skills.

    Second career a serendipitous fit for Geneva art teacher May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    Being a teacher wasn't Al Ochsner's initial career choice. He followed a dream, making a living as a professional artist. But in middle age, the single father of two needed some extra income and took a gig as a substitute teacher at Geneva High School. He fell in love with teaching. Now, at age 52, he is doing it full-time. "This is a job I look forward to coming to," he said. "This is a really cool place."

     
  • The smiles sported by Sofia Espinoza and her son, John Carlos Guzman, this Mother's Day are well-earned. The Addison mom and her son both were at risk of dying because of a giant tumor growing from the baby's neck. An innovative surgery saved them both.

    It took a team to save this baby and his mom May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    As a pregnant teenager, Sofia Espinoza lugged her backpack and extra weight up and down the stairs at Addison Trail High School. She took advantage of pregnancy advice from school counselors, graduated early and married her boyfriend, Juan Carlos Guzman. Even with the 12 hours of labor, becoming a mom was almost a breeze.“I wanted a girl, so I even accomplished that. It was great,” Espinoza says of that pregnancy resulting in the birth of their daughter, Emily Jaylin Guzman, now 2 years old. “It was so easy.” That experience didn't prepare her for the birth of her son.

     
  • Naperville North architecture students Chris Greco, Lauren Hanson, Jonathan Quinn and Evan Harrison describe the features of their “green” building design, which won first place in the state in the 2013 Mock Firms competition.

    Naperville North students capture state title for home design May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    State championship banners representing accomplishments in everything from football to badminton are on display at Naperville North High School. Now it's time to hang another banner, although this one has nothing to do with sports. The school's latest winning team was named the 2013 Mock Firms Illinois State Champion in Home Design.

     
  • Shelly Weiser, 85, of Naperville has been wood carving for 10 years now. He started after visiting a local wood carving show, and now enjoys carving human and animal figures.

    Moving Picture: Naperville man, 85, carves out niche May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    Shelly Weiser of Naperville has been creating wood carvings for ten years, but he got his start a bit later than most having only begun his work at the age of 75. Weiser, now 85, says the art form consumes him. "I love carving, and when I'm not carving I'm thinking about carving," Weiser said. "I'm always thinking about the next piece that I'll be working on."

     
  • Some Metra board members and lawmakers support capping fare increases so double-digit hikes don't catch riders by surprise.

    Is it time to cap Metra fare hikes?May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
    In the wake of recent big fare hikes at Metra, one Metra board member suggests mandatory caps on fare increases that are tied to inflation rates. Meanwhile, a lawmaker's proposal would require state legislative hearings on any fare increases. “This would give us market-driven data,” Board Director Mike McCoy said, adding the agency should cap itself “out of respect for our customers.”

     
  • Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has struck a deal with the state's biggest public unions over retirement benefits.

    Illinois Senate to move union-backed pension plan May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
    Illinois Senate President John Cullerton said he plans to push forward with a deal he's struck with the state's biggest teachers and workers unions over their retirement futures. The proposal clashes with more aggressive benefit cuts proposed by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and approved by the House last week. “I think our members are pretty much on board with it,” said state Sen. Linda Holmes, an Aurora Democrat.

     
  • Village President Arlene Mulder speaks to guests during groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Arlington Heights Village Hall on June 8, 2006.

    Looking at Arlene Mulder's legacy in Arlington Heights May 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    In 1991, Arlene Mulder had been a park board commissioner for 12 years when Village President Bill Maki asked, or as Mulder remembers it, begged, her to run for trustee. Two years later Maki became a judge and Mulder won her first term as mayor. On Monday, she'll bang the gavel for the last time before turning it over to Tom Hayes.

     
  • With a little help from his new left arm, Kent Carson can slip on both of his prosthetic legs quickly during this therapy session at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Carson is walking on his own just eight months after a nearly fatal bout of Legionnaires’ disease led to the amputations of his left arm and both legs.

    Triple amputee wants Boston victims to know it gets better May 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    It wasn't a bomb blast, but a nearly fatal bout of Legionnaires' disease that led to the amputations of Kent Carson's left arm and both legs last year. Now the Round Lake Beach man is walking, working on driving again and would love to visit the Boston bombing victims to give them encouragement.

     
  • Cleo Garcia drives through the pasture as he checks on the bison herd just after sunrise. The bison are used to him and his truck but he stays in the cab because of their unpredictable nature.

    Moving Picture: Batavia man takes care of bison at FermilabMay 3, 2013 12:00 AM
    Cleo Garcia doesn't get too much attention from people when he tells them he works the roads and grounds crew at Fermilab in Batavia. But when they find out he also takes care of the bison herd there, they are much more interested. "Then they want to come and see them and they say that they wish they had my job," Garcia said.

     
  • A contract is pending to sell 7.5 acres owned by the Carol Stream Public Library, but a final deal may not happen.

    Attorney: New Carol Stream Library board legitimate May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Carol Stream Public Library's attorney said Thursday night the five elected trustees sworn in Wednesday are indeed properly seated members of the board of trustees. The 3-page written legal opinion by Stewart Diamond of the Ancel Glink law firm brings to resolution a pending legal question that left direction and oversight of the library in limbo for 24 hours.

     
  • Illinois speaker of the House Michael Madigan

    Illinois House showdown on pensions possible today May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    A committee of state lawmakers Wednesday set up a showdown in the Illinois House Thursday over legislation to cut public employees' pension benefits.Unlike previous proposals that have sputtered for months, the plan approved by a House committee was sponsored by House Speaker Michael Madigan, a powerful Chicago Democrat. It would raise the retirement age for teachers and state workers, make them pay 2 percent more of their salaries toward retirement and reduce retirees' annual benefit raises.

     
  • FEMA workers toured Big Bend Drive and other areas of Des Plaines on Tuesday to assess the damage from recent flooding. Their findings will help determine whether the city is declared a disaster area, making residents eligible for federal assistance.

    FEMA tours flood-damaged Des Plaines homesMay 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    A team of local, state and federal officials Tuesday toured flood-damaged homes in Des Plaines, Wheeling and unincorporated Cook County on Tuesday to assess the extent of flood damage. "This is one of the first steps. All of that information feeds into what goes to the governor and he requests a federal disaster declaration," said a FEMA spokeswoman.

     
  • It took a handful of volunteers to put the head in place Monday as part of the SuperCroc exhibit was installed at Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.

    SuperCroc exhibit opens Friday at Gail Borden library Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    The SuperCroc has arrived at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin and is already causing a stir among library patrons and staff members. "It's really exciting to see people's reactions to watching us put the things up and then to actually watching them interact with it," said Carl Gustafson, director of operations for Project Exploration, which rents the exhibit to the library. It runs through Aug. 18 at the main library, 270 N. Grove Ave.

     
  • House Speaker Michael Madigan Tuesday backed a pension plan that would raise the retirement age for public employees, cut retirees’ annual pension raises and cap how much of a worker’s salary could count toward calculating his or her pension.

    Could Madigan’s pension move bust gridlock? Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    Powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's decision to write legislation cutting teachers' and state workers' pensions could reignite the push for lawmakers to reach agreement on the issue this month. His bill would raise the retirement age for public employees, cut retirees' annual pension raises and cap how much of a worker's salary could count toward calculating his or her pension.

     
  • Cardinal Francis George stops and chats with Shereena Cheeran of Elgin and her newborn, Norelle. George blessed the staff, patients and families of the new Alexian Brothers Women and Children's Hospital in Hoffman Estates on Monday.

    Images: Cardinal George visits Alexian Brothers Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
    Some of the smallest patients at Alexian Brothers Health Center in Hoffman Estates had a special visitor Monday. Cardinal Francis George spent the afternoon walking the halls of the new Women and Children's Hospital, sprinkling holy water on the doors of those in intensive care, blessing the doctors and nurses and personally praying with many families, including women in labor, premature babies and sick children.

     
  • Cardinal Francis George stops and chats with Shereena Cheeran of Elgin and her newborn, Norelle. George blessed the staff, patients and families of the new Alexian Brothers Women & Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates on Monday.

    Cardinal blesses babies, families at new hospitalApr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
    Some of the smallest patients at Alexian Brothers Health Center in Hoffman Estates had a special visitor Monday. Cardinal Francis George spent the afternoon walking the halls of the new Women & Children's Hospital, sprinkling holy water on the doors of those in intensive care, blessing the doctors and nurses and personally praying with many families, including women in labor and sick children.

     
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