Wheeling Schools
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Schaumburg Peace Corps volunteer makes a difference in MoroccoJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - For years, women in a small Moroccan community dreamed of having a center of their own, where they might learn to read, get health services and even master a trade. It t...
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For pregnant teen, homelessness adds to 'some really rough times'Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - She puts on a brave face, her arms calmly around her baby bump. But as Angelica Ortuno recounts the upheaval in her life recently, a tremor can be detected in the 17-yea...
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Schools always there as a source of stabilityJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Inger Balderas describes it as a nightmare. One that's been going on for far too long. The mother of five has spent the past month at the Elgin-based Community Crisis Ce...
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District 62 to borrow $109 million for facilities upgrades, repairsJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Elementary District 62 plans to overhaul its schools with a $109 million loan that officials say won't cost taxpayers an extra dime. The school board recentl...
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Longtime Northwest suburban track coach dies in NebraskaJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Greg "Fed" Fedyski made a living getting kids to love running, and his most famous pupil ran all the way to the Olympics. "Kids in middle school don't want to get up at ...
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U-46 names new principals, administratorsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 named a slew of new principals and administrators this week. Myrna Burgos, the former principal of Sheridan Elementary in Elgin, will mov...
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Public works building renamed in Hoffman EstatesJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates will host a ceremony next week to rename the village's public works building after Trustee Susan H. Kenley-Rupnow. Kenley-Rupnow's work on the board was ...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Soldiers homecoming planned on Monday in StreamwoodJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - After spending eight months deployed in Afghanistan, members of an Elgin-based Illinois Army National Guard unit will arrive home Monday, and the community is invited to...
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U-46 superintendent turns down raise, encourages other to follow suitJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres has turned down his recent raise and is recommending that other nonunion employees and district administrators...