Education
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Ex-Chicago Bear stresses backup plan at Stanton SchoolApr 16, 2018 1:00 am - Always have a backup plan was the lesson stressed Monday as students listened to former Chicago Bear Anthony "Spice" Adams at Stanton School in Fox Lake. The host of "I...
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'Beauty and the Beast' opens Thursday in Fox LakeApr 16, 2018 1:00 am - More than 100 Grant Community High School students have been preparing since January for this week's performances of "Beauty and the Beast" at the Fox Lake school. The s...
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Second place, poetry: 'Take, Eat'Apr 15, 2018 6:00 am - A girl kneels on an asphalt driveway full of cracks, a little concrete, a sweep of grass, a plastic swing, and a string of three aloe plants in a dry dirt planter....
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Second place, visual art: '7th Arrondissement of Paris'Apr 15, 2018 6:00 am - ...
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Second place, prose: 'Stars' by Amiya KishoreApr 15, 2018 6:00 am - The story begins with my aunt, my father's sister. A face I can only see in photographs and in mirrors: the third child of seven, the second daughter. Running through s...
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Celebrating the arts: Second place winners in Arts Unlimited contestApr 15, 2018 6:00 am - On Thursday we shared the first-place winners of the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. Today, we are proud to present the seco...
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Teaching kids how to survive the internet
Apr 14, 2018 1:06 am - NEWARK - The fifth-graders of Yolanda Bromfield's digital-privacy class had just finished their lesson on online-offline balance when she asked them a tough question: Ho...
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Harper College turns 50, throws a partyApr 14, 2018 1:00 am - A caption has been updated to identify Robert Woodworth III in the first photo. Named in honor of William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Ch...
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North Aurora middle school may get police officerApr 13, 2018 1:00 am - North Aurora is considering stationing a police officer part-time at Jewel Middle School, 1501 Waterford Road. It's not because of any specific incident, Police Chief Da...
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Roof repairs, other projects included in $126.4 million Stevenson budgetApr 13, 2018 1:00 am - Stevenson High School officials are preparing a $126.4 million spending plan for the 2019 fiscal year - with money tentatively dedicated to roof repairs, changes to a ca...