Winfield Schools
-
Registration now open for District 214 Community Ed's classes, shows, trips starting in AugustJul 16, 2019 11:00 pm - After he lost his wife, Dennis Depcik was looking for an outlet to express the strong and conflicting emotions he was feeling. Depcik, who is an author of a book about h...
-
'Inconceivable': Mother killed teen sons, then herself in Elmhurst-area home, sheriff saysJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - A mother shot her two teenage sons to death Friday before setting fire to her Elmhurst-area home and fatally shooting herself, DuPage County authorities said Sunday. The...
-
A lot of kids still aren't ready for kindergarten: What suburban districts are doing about itJun 26, 2019 5:30 am - This July, Bensenville School District 2 is launching a three-day “jump-start” camp for incoming kindergartners before the school year starts. “They just need a little b...
-
Editorial: West Chicago High School's desecration of memorialJun 22, 2019 2:00 pm - Progress is part of the natural order of things. The landscape changes continually and almost inevitably. But sensitivity ought to be part of the natural order, too. By ...
-
Two trees for Amanda: How West Chicago community rallied around mom's lossJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Nearly three weeks ago, Lee Ann Meiborg shed tears of sadness and anger as she sat in her car outside West Chicago High School, where a tree planted 15 years ago as a me...
-
'It's not happy memories anymore': Mom still hurt over District 94's abrupt removal of memorial treeJun 20, 2019 5:00 am - The hurt is still there and Lee Ann Meiborg says it won't go away anytime soon. The autumn blaze maple and plaque that stood outside West Chicago High School for 15 year...
-
West Chicago District 94 to reconsider memorial policy after tree honoring graduate was removedJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - It is too costly to preserve all class gifts and memorials accumulated over the past 93 years at West Chicago High School, officials said Tuesday, “and therefore impossi...
-
Mother shows up to visit memorial tree for her daughter at West Chicago High to find it was chopped downJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - The unannounced removal of a memorial tree at West Chicago Community High School is opening old wounds for the friends and family of a young woman who died more than 15 ...
-
Softball: Trophy sets new standard at St. FrancisJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - EAST PEORIA, Ill. - St. Francis senior catcher Caroline Caesar missed a memorable ending to her senior softball season by a few inches - twice. Caesar and senior pitcher...
-
Images: St. Francis vs. Sycamore, Class 3A State Championship in SoftballJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - St. Francis faced Sycamore in the Class 3A Championship game for softball at EastSide Centre in East Peoria on Saturday. ...